Why do we have such a big gap among differens sources? For example? in line with American statistics Germans lost more than 700 U-Boat vs. more than 1100 according to Europeans?
2007-06-22 14:24:50 · 5 answers · asked by Bestuzheva 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
1162 U-Boats were built for WWII. 751 were lost. nm
P.S. You know when one has sunk because it does not return to port.
P.P.S. you make me feel "Sassy"!!
http://uboat.net/fates/losses/chart.htm
2007-06-22 14:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Knick Knox 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could be because the war was shorter for the USA as they didn't join in until December 1941, over two years after it started. Until then European nations such as France and Britain had been fighting Germany alone.
2007-06-22 17:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were trying to keep up morale. It was even worse for the German U-boaters than for the bomber crews before escorts. I would tend to believe the higher number. When you sink a U-boat, how do you usually really know.
2007-06-22 14:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out uboat.net. This is the best site on the net for anything and everything about the U-Boats. Details how every one of them was lost.
Should answer your question.
2007-06-22 15:24:22 · answer #4 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't recall the exact number of boats, but i do know Germany lost 33,000 sailors on U-boats. i went to the marine Ehrenmal in Germany, the U-Boat memorial was very touching.
2007-06-22 14:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by Army Retired Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋