HISTORY 3570 Lecture 11: Feb 18
18 Feb 2016
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Battle of the atlantic: german strategy: Not that far-fetched, honestly: german operational method: Coordinate wolf pack attacks with air power: german tactics: Type vii submarine (type ix could make it to the us) Required constant radio communications which the british were listening into. Even before they knew what they were saying, they knew where they were. Germans decided it wasn"t complicated enough, so added another set of combinations (harder for the british: british response: Needed in both the air and the sea. The germans could tell when they were being pinged with radar, though. Germans never knew they broke the code: the second happy time . Kindermord of the american coast (u-boat commanders) This time, instead of against british, its about the americans: the tide turns. Closing the aerial reconnaissance black hole (wsw of greenland that was beyond the range of patrol aircraft germans would regroup there) Both ways germans had broken british communications during first happy time .
