"German U-Boat Operations in Australian Waters" Topic
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Tango01 | 14 Dec 2019 10:03 p.m. PST |
"The Paukenschlag, or Operation DRUMBEAT, alluded to above by the commander of U-862, was the code name for the German U-boat offensive against the American Atlantic coast that began in January 1942. In the first two weeks of the campaign, a mere five U-boats sank 25 allied ships totalling 200,000 tons. In the four months it took for the Americans to introduce effective anti-submarine measures, 137 ships of almost one million tons would be lost. For the Allies it was a major disaster, for the U-boat commanders it would become regarded as the second ‘Happy Time' of the Battle of the Atlantic. In December 1944, however, U-862 was not in the Atlantic, and although planned to be part of a larger offensive, the U-boat was in reality quite alone. Korvettenkapitän Timm was actually making his observation while operating off the Australian east coast where he believed he had at last found another safe hunting ground for the U-boat arm. Elsewhere, Allied anti-submarine measures had largely driven the once feared ‘grey wolves' from the shipping routes, but Timm had just detected a large concentration of shipping at the eastern entrance to Bass Strait and no escorts were apparent…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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jurgenation | 16 Dec 2019 6:48 a.m. PST |
awesome thanx for sharing .My 3rd cousin was on one the type IX;s off Australia..I don't know which though.. |
Tango01 | 16 Dec 2019 11:10 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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