Middle and South Atlantic
This is where the U-boat destined to become part of the Far East Monsun boats had to travel through in order to reach their bases in the east. Many did not survive these waters in 1943 and 1945.
Interesting on this map is the locations of U-604 and U-185. U-185 rescued half of the crew including its commander, with U-172 taking the rest, when U-604 was scuttled after bomb damages on 11 Aug, 1943 and headed home but was sunk herself less than two weeks later with the loss of 14 men from U-604. U-172 managed to bring the rest of the crew back to France.
UIT-22, sunk south of the U-179, is missing from this map.
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Books dealing with this subject include: Galloping Ghosts of the Brazilian Coast, Carey, Alan C., 2005 Goodnight, Sorry for Sinking You, Barker, Ralph, 1984 The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee, Powell, Michael, 1976  El Navío Negro, Witschetzky, F., 1930 One Common Enemy, McLoughlin, Jim, 2006  Trzecia torpeda, Dyjeta, Henryk, 1973  A Última Viagem do Lobo Cinzento, Fortes, Telmo, 1999 |