Wolfpack Tactics: How U-boats decimated Allied Convoys
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German Wolfpack and U-boat Tactics during the Second World War posed a serious threat to Allied shipping in the Battle of the Atlantic. This video explores the concept of wolfpack tactics and also how individual submarines of the Kriegsmarine attacked merchant shipping. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » SOURCES « The Official U-Boat Commanders Handbook (U-Boot Kommandetenhandbuch) High Command of the Navy:THE SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S HANDBOOK ("U.Kdt.Hdb."), 1942, New Edition 1943, M.Dv.Nr. 906 http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/uboat/index.htm Rohwer, Jürgen: Critical Convoy Battles of WWII. Crisis in the North Atlantic, March 1943. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg (US), 1977 (2015). Milner, Marc: Battle of the Atlantic. The History Press: Gloucestershire, 2003 (2011). Symonds, Craig L.: World War II at Sea. A Global History. Oxford University Press; New York, 2018. Stern, Robert C.: Type VII U-boats. Brockhampton Press: London (UK), 1991. Blair, Clay: Hitler’s U-Boat War – The Hunters 1939-1942. Cassell & Co: London, 1996. Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Ch. W.: Sea Power – Naval History German Extended Translation (used for this video) Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Ch. W.; Rohwer, Jürgen: Seemacht – Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Cambridge History of the Second World War Germany & The Second World War – Volume VI Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band VI. Germany & The Second World War – Volume II Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg – Band II. Hartwig, Dieter: Großadmiral Karl Dönitz. Legende und Wirklichkeit U-Boat Wolf Pack Tactic http://www.uboataces.com/tactics-wolfpack.shtml Statement by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons February 1943 http://www.churchillarchiveforschools.com/themes/the-themes/key-events-and-developments-in-world-history/was-churchill-really-worried-about-the-battle-of-the-atlantic-and-if-so-why/the-sources/source-1 Williamson, Gordon: U-boat Tactics in World War. Osprey: Oxford (UK), 2010. » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone #UBoatTactics,#WolfpackTactics,#Wolfpack
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