Yes,

in that case thinking Doenitz had free hands since the end of 1930´s to create the "Wolf pack strategy" must admit they sure had a thing for bringing England to its knees, and with some 100 more subs, even better!

But it´s the same with Afrika korps, you need to have the Hitler´s interest to have the sufficient back up, or the money would be directed to other things than just the 100 subs if the Tirpitz etc were not built.So this is strictly what if.

I just had a thought how humiliating it would have been to Goering to see how Doenitz is honoured for crushing Britain instead of him...

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