of the war at sea.....

German Uboats sank 2892 Merchant vessels equalling a total of some 14.4 million tons.

Uboats sank 175 Allied Warships & damaged 264 Merchants equalling some 1.9 million tons.

Of 1,150 commissioned boats -- 779 were sunk, 2 captured and the rest scuttled or surrendered.

Of the 39,000 men serving in the Uboats, 28,000 were killed in action, 5,000 became POWs and this equals to 85% casualties.

Out of 842 Uboats to see combat -- 781 were lost equelling 93% of operational Uboat forces lost.

Source: Uboat Commander Herbert A. Werner, who served on 5 uboats uring the war and was Co of two of them.

It's amazing that any of these men survived.

[ 22. March 2004, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Good ones, Carl. Though these should be in the "Battle for the Atlantic" threads, like the cyphers I got from the Atlantic Battle. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Tese cyphers show that the KM was much better than the WSS... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

"A mon fils: depuis que tes yeux sont fermes les miens n’ont cessé de pleurir." - Mère française, Verdun

Carl did you post the interview with the WWII submariner yet ? If so what section did you put it in as I have not read it yet.

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Hi "F"--TA.

Fried--I posted it here as I was in a hurry so I couldn't take the time to have it in the proper place--unfortunately

Hi TA--That vet and I still haven't been able to see each other for the interview---yet. He is currently out of state attending some kind of a national get together. He said we can do the interview when we can set a time after he gets back.

This is all good and well because I have some U 181 pics to trade with him for some of his.

Ill let you know as soon as I have more progress on this. He's going to call me when he gets back from that get together. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.