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Originally Posted by Donger
Right, that's why I wrote that the NAZI surface fleet efforts were almost quaint.
Did you know that U-boat crews had the highest casualty percentage of any other German outfits in WWII? Something like 70%.
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Didn't know it, but hardly surprised. They sank something like 42 U-Boats in April of '43 alone. I remember Doenitz writing about it extensively in his autobiography -- how they had massively ramped up production but the sinkings were so incredibly high they still didn't have as many boats in the water as they wanted.
Have you read Iron Coffins? Great book...
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