Doenitz insisted on daily messages and locations of all his U-boats - the biggest reason he lost of them all.. The lessons of WW1 had been utterly ignored.. He doomed his own fleet..Good!
What isn't mentioned here is "the bug," was actually what they named it. The German research technical division had little success developing a new radar detection device capable of receiving the allied new radar with its higher frequencies. It just so happened in one of their tests someone heard a loud buzzing noise It was a Cricket. Every time the German research team turned on a simulated allied radar the cricket went wild somehow receiving the beam. It turned out female crickets make just that frequency in trying to attract a mate ! German subs soon were equipt with a caged cricket which they called "the bug" for secrecy reasons. The were cheap and worked well.
Interesting narrative of life aboard a German U-Boat in 1943. The code had been broken and the Allies could hear and decipher their coded messages. Sunk many as they radioed their "address" in the Atlantic.
Actualy they did reload underwater, but often the sub was making abrupt manuvers after a shoot. Also i think some reload torpedoes were stored outside the presure hull on some subs
Not so. After May 1943 more subs were sunk than merchant ships. Read about this amazing victory of training. mathematical analysis, air power, code breaking and new technology. It’s quite a story. 900 submarines were sunk.
The Allies built ships faster than the Germans could sink them. Then the Allies sunk u-boats faster than the Germans could build them . . . @@richardm3023
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Fortunately for the allies. Admiral doughnuts 🍩 refused to accept the fact that Bletchley park broke the enigma code. Due to his arrogant disposition too many U-boats entered.the " King 👑Neptune " seabed -!!!😇😇.
Just a thought - didn't the Kriegsmarine have a different enigma with an extra rotor which made decryption far more difficult? Anyone have any info on this?
A submarine Enigma was captured by incident with code books in an abandoned sinking u-boat. That’s when it all went faster downwards for the German submarines
@@cassubiaYes you are correct. U-Boats had a 4 rotor Enigma machine but they could still use it as a three rotor machine in order to get weather reports and communicate with Kreigsmarine vessels. This sometimes gave a break into the U-Boat Enigma (Triton). It was until the very end a see saw battle between the U-Boats and their constantly changing settings both daily and monthly and the Code Breakers at Bletchley Park.
Good story: in the American movie "The Enemy Below", a U-Boat commanded by Curt Jurgens picks up an American sub chaser (captained by Robert Mitchum); the U-Boat had a Radar set with a primative display-anybody know if this was what U-Boats were eqipped with?
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"Time works for us. Only for us."
The American was both profound and correct.
Poor merchant seamen, most were just sitting ducks for these horrible machines.
This is the same damn story as the last 3 except you put them all together. Bravo!!
Doenitz insisted on daily messages and locations of all his U-boats - the biggest reason he lost of them all.. The lessons of WW1 had been utterly ignored.. He doomed his own fleet..Good!
Excellent, again!
What isn't mentioned here is "the bug," was actually what they named it. The German research technical division had little success developing a new radar detection device capable of receiving the allied new radar with its higher frequencies. It just so happened in one of their tests someone heard a loud buzzing noise It was a Cricket. Every time the German research team turned on a simulated allied radar the cricket went wild somehow receiving the beam. It turned out female crickets make just that frequency in trying to attract a mate !
German subs soon were equipt with a caged cricket which they called "the bug" for secrecy reasons.
The were cheap and worked well.
Real low tech solution for high tech problem. Was the cricket reliable?
@@williamlouie569 yes if kept well fed but keeping the type of food on board he liked was a problem.
Lovely story, where does it continue?
Interesting narrative of life aboard a German U-Boat in 1943. The code had been broken and the Allies could hear and decipher their coded messages. Sunk many as they radioed their "address" in the Atlantic.
Good account!
Reminds me of the movie DAS BOOT
Actualy they did reload underwater, but often the sub was making abrupt manuvers after a shoot. Also i think some reload torpedoes were stored outside the presure hull on some subs
Turning the "bug" off was just taking the cricket cage down below btw. The "bug," didn't wok well near the coast btw Too many Female Crickets near.
It seems that the allies were able to build ships faster than the Germans could build torpedoes.
Not so. After May 1943 more subs were sunk than merchant ships. Read about this amazing victory of training. mathematical analysis, air power, code breaking and new technology. It’s quite a story. 900 submarines were sunk.
@@KR72534 I don't think you get the gist of my comment.
The Allies built ships faster than the Germans could sink them. Then the Allies sunk u-boats faster than the Germans could build them . . . @@richardm3023
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Fortunately for the allies. Admiral doughnuts 🍩 refused to accept the fact that Bletchley park broke the enigma code. Due to his arrogant disposition too many U-boats entered.the " King 👑Neptune " seabed -!!!😇😇.
Just a thought - didn't the Kriegsmarine have a different enigma with an extra rotor which made decryption far more difficult? Anyone have any info on this?
A submarine Enigma was captured by incident with code books in an abandoned sinking u-boat. That’s when it all went faster downwards for the German submarines
@@cassubiaYes you are correct. U-Boats had a 4 rotor Enigma machine but they could still use it as a three rotor machine in order to get weather reports and communicate with Kreigsmarine vessels. This sometimes gave a break into the U-Boat Enigma (Triton). It was until the very end a see saw battle between the U-Boats and their constantly changing settings both daily and monthly and the Code Breakers at Bletchley Park.
Apparently the Germans never mastered the art of reloading their torpedo tubes underwater like American subs did.
They didn't?
like BMW and Mercedes too complex to be maintained
According to this documentary, they had to resurface to reload.@@theculturedthug6609
Where did you hear such garbage from? Reloading under water was safer as the boat was running steadily and not being tossed by any waves.
It is what the video kept saying, they had to be on the surface to reload.@@markfryer9880
Good story: in the American movie "The Enemy Below", a U-Boat commanded by Curt Jurgens picks up an American sub chaser (captained by Robert Mitchum); the U-Boat had a Radar set with a primative display-anybody know if this was what U-Boats were eqipped with?
Pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired
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@@tomstulc9143Is it? I wasn't sure?
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