RE: Why no U boats in the Red Sea-Sharm El Sheikh?
Posted by: AL Wellman ()
Date: August 07, 2001 05:44PM

<HTML>I believe axis submarine operations in the Red Sea were terminated when the Italian East African naval base at Massawa (Mitsiwa, Eritrea) was captured by British forces. Following the loss of that base on the Red Sea, shipping through the Red Sea was still subject to attack around the Suez and Gulf of Aden approaches without risking two-way transit through the Bab el Mandeb narrows. =AL=</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