How significant was the battle of the Atlantic to the outcome of the war?

hostory_kid · 07-02-2007, 10:08 PM

Hi, I have an essay to write on this topic and was wondering if any of you experts could fill me in with ideas relating to the topic.
thanks

Kyt · 07-02-2007, 10:11 PM

Everything you need to know about it. Have a read:

Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Za Rodinu · 07-02-2007, 10:57 PM

Easy. A lost Battle of the Atlantic would mean a starving and surrendering Britain, no 2dn Front. You figure the rest out from here, brrr!

T. A. Gardner · 14-02-2007, 05:10 PM

The Battle of the Atlantic was vital to the Allies. Losing it meant losing the capacity to win the war....ie a stalemate as Germany by 1943 no longer had the capacity to win...
Anyway, for the Germans the best outcome from this battle was that it cost the Allies on the order of ten billion dollars in production and losses to fight the battle. This was about ten times the German investment in U-boats. As an economic battle, it was a German success. As a military battle it was an Allied victory.

Za Rodinu · 14-02-2007, 07:02 PM

So I pull my tongue at you and spend nothing. You go out and buy a hammer for $5 and squash my head. So I win the economic battle but end up with a boinked head. Is that it?

T. A. Gardner · 14-02-2007, 11:20 PM

More like a $10 hammer.

Za Rodinu · 15-02-2007, 11:51 AM

That's overkill!

07-02-2007, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
hostory_kid Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	How significant was the battle of the Atlantic to the outcome of the war? Hi, I have an essay to write on this topic and was wondering if any of you experts could fill me in with ideas relating to the topic. thanks

07-02-2007, 10:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kyt Very Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,968	Everything you need to know about it. Have a read: Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia __________________ _______________________________________ Squadron Leader Pujji - Audio Interviews (half way down the page)

07-02-2007, 10:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Za Rodinu So you hear voices too? Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,246	Easy. A lost Battle of the Atlantic would mean a starving and surrendering Britain, no 2dn Front. You figure the rest out from here, brrr! __________________ "Tell me again, son, who lost the frigging war?"

14-02-2007, 07:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Za Rodinu So you hear voices too? Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,246	So I pull my tongue at you and spend nothing. You go out and buy a hammer for $5 and squash my head. So I win the economic battle but end up with a boinked head. Is that it? __________________ "Tell me again, son, who lost the frigging war?"

15-02-2007, 11:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
Za Rodinu So you hear voices too? Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,246	That's overkill! __________________ "Tell me again, son, who lost the frigging war?"

14-02-2007, 05:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
T. A. Gardner Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 260	The Battle of the Atlantic was vital to the Allies. Losing it meant losing the capacity to win the war....ie a stalemate as Germany by 1943 no longer had the capacity to win... Anyway, for the Germans the best outcome from this battle was that it cost the Allies on the order of ten billion dollars in production and losses to fight the battle. This was about ten times the German investment in U-boats. As an economic battle, it was a German success. As a military battle it was an Allied victory.

14-02-2007, 11:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
T. A. Gardner Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 260	More like a $10 hammer.

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