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RE: Doenitz, and an outcome tangent
Posted by:
Fin Bonset
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Date: November 28, 2000 02:10PM
<HTML>Hi kpp,
You are absolutely right. I just read that Chapter again. Adm. Doenitz was not particularly too happy with that post, however, I think the reason was that he did not have much to work with at first and he knew he was limited. But, being the \"Lion\" that he was, he still was able to use his tactics and strategy to do some damage. This man must still have felt so limited throughout the war because of the time and u-boot amount constraints.
I really think that if he was given more time to build up his u-boot waffe (up to over 300 boats), then the war may have gone the other way. England would have fallen, unless they joined the arms build-up race as well.
In no way am I pro axis or pro allied in this discussion. I\'m just contemplating the possible outcomes of the war. The u-boots would have made such a large impact (and they did) that the war would then have been between the U.S. and the Axis only (if the U.S. chose to do so), not with England. The number of u-boot successes early on in the war were staggering. If this happened on a scale 4 times as large at the beginning of the war (over 300 u-boots), then the supplies for the British would have been gone and there would not have been a Battle of Brittain in the air.
Forgive me if I went off topic, but sometimes I go on tangents and I have to state what I think. Of course I welcome all opinions!
Best regards to all,
Fin Bonset
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You are absolutely right. I just read that Chapter again. Adm. Doenitz was not particularly too happy with that post, however, I think the reason was that he did not have much to work with at first and he knew he was limited. But, being the \"Lion\" that he was, he still was able to use his tactics and strategy to do some damage. This man must still have felt so limited throughout the war because of the time and u-boot amount constraints.
I really think that if he was given more time to build up his u-boot waffe (up to over 300 boats), then the war may have gone the other way. England would have fallen, unless they joined the arms build-up race as well.
In no way am I pro axis or pro allied in this discussion. I\'m just contemplating the possible outcomes of the war. The u-boots would have made such a large impact (and they did) that the war would then have been between the U.S. and the Axis only (if the U.S. chose to do so), not with England. The number of u-boot successes early on in the war were staggering. If this happened on a scale 4 times as large at the beginning of the war (over 300 u-boots), then the supplies for the British would have been gone and there would not have been a Battle of Brittain in the air.
Forgive me if I went off topic, but sometimes I go on tangents and I have to state what I think. Of course I welcome all opinions!
Best regards to all,
Fin Bonset
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