{"id":87539,"date":"2024-05-29T02:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=87539"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T16:26:59","slug":"why-germany-lost-the-battle-of-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/05\/29\/why-germany-lost-the-battle-of-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany Lost the Battle of the Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JyLzA1dRc-Q?si=_3PbUBb6shBKM_i6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Feb 2, 2024<\/p>\n<p>In March 1943, German U-boats are on the attack \u2013 they sink 108 Allied vessels that month alone. Some Allied officials fear a German victory in the Atlantic is imminent. If the Allies lose the Atlantic, Britain loses its lifeline \u2013 and maybe even the war. But by May 1943, it will be the U-boats limping home in defeat. So how, in just two months, did the U-boats go from hunters to hunted?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nDavid Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. 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Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nBailey, Chris Howard, <em>The Royal Naval Museum book of the Battle of the Atlantic: The Corvettes and their Crews: An Oral History<\/em>, (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994)<br \/>\nGannon, Michael, <em>Black May: The Epic Story of the Allies&#8217; Defeat of the German U-boats in May 1943<\/em>, (London: Aurum Press, 1998)<br \/>\nHaslop, Dennis, <em>Britain, Germany and the battle of the Atlantic: A Comparative Study<\/em>, (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013)<br \/>\nNiestl\u00e9, Axel, <em>German U-boat Losses During World War II: Details of Destruction<\/em>, (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998)<br \/>\nRedford, Duncan, &#8220;The March 1943 Crisis in the Battle of the Atlantic: Myth and Reality&#8221;, <em>History<\/em>, Vol. 92, No. 1 (305) (2007)<br \/>\nSchofield, B. B., &#8220;The Defeat of the U-Boats during World War II&#8221;, <em>Journal of Contemporary History<\/em>, Vol. 16, No. 1, The Second World War: Part 1 (1981)<br \/>\nVan der Vat, Dan, <em>The Atlantic Campaign: World War II&#8217;s Great Struggle at Sea<\/em>, (New York, NY: Harper &#038; Row, Publishers, 1988)<br \/>\nWillmann, Klaus, <em>U-188: A German Submariner&#8217;s Account of the War at Sea 1941-45<\/em>, (Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2015)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Toni Steller, Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nResearch by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images, AP and Reuters<br \/>\nMaps: MapTiler\/OpenStreetMap Contributors &#038; GEOlayers3<br \/>\nMusic Library: Epidemic Sound<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published Feb 2, 2024 In March 1943, German U-boats are on the attack \u2013 they sink 108 Allied vessels that month alone. 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