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RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh?
Posted by: kurt ()
Date: August 07, 2001 01:28AM

<HTML>I beleive the Red sea is very shallow, and divers have told me it among the clearest water around. Great diving, lousy for a sub escaping allied airpower.

I speculate the Italians got in their licks before allied air power greww enough to be a threat.</HTML>

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Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh? Nonny 08/06/2001 03:43PM
RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh? walter M 08/06/2001 06:53PM
RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh? Rich Mickle 08/06/2001 10:38PM
RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh? kurt 08/07/2001 01:28AM
RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh? AL Wellman 08/07/2001 05:44PM
RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh? walter M 08/08/2001 01:20PM


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