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Re: The Battle of the Atlantic
Hmm... what a bold statment made on the basis of one book. I will not argue with the fact that during the war allied production of merchant ships exeeded that of german sub production, this is obvious when one considers how fast the americans could piece together a Libertyship. But to claim that the Battle of the Atlantic never was a factor in the war shows a serious lack of reflection, considering the reasouces spent e.g. on escorts and new asdic technology. If the German sub campaign was such a flop, why did the allies even bother to put energy into producing more tonnage, the very fact that they had to should underline the importance of the battle of the Atlantic. As if the british didn`t have anything better to produce during 1940 - 1941 before Germany declared war on the USA, or even after. And when the USA joined the war it took a year (until april 1943) before the situation was under control, and one could say that the German U-Boats was defeated.
In addition it`s not important wether the allied tonnage production is grater than the sub production in Germany, the question is rather if allied tonnage production could keep pace with tonnage sunk by german U-Boats. Before the americans joined the war this was a problem.
TMO
Hmm... what a bold statment made on the basis of one book. I will not argue with the fact that during the war allied production of merchant ships exeeded that of german sub production, this is obvious when one considers how fast the americans could piece together a Libertyship. But to claim that the Battle of the Atlantic never was a factor in the war shows a serious lack of reflection, considering the reasouces spent e.g. on escorts and new asdic technology. If the German sub campaign was such a flop, why did the allies even bother to put energy into producing more tonnage, the very fact that they had to should underline the importance of the battle of the Atlantic. As if the british didn`t have anything better to produce during 1940 - 1941 before Germany declared war on the USA, or even after. And when the USA joined the war it took a year (until april 1943) before the situation was under control, and one could say that the German U-Boats was defeated.
In addition it`s not important wether the allied tonnage production is grater than the sub production in Germany, the question is rather if allied tonnage production could keep pace with tonnage sunk by german U-Boats. Before the americans joined the war this was a problem.
TMO