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Originally posted by Funkasoar:
I'm just now reading a number of books which chart the war against the U-Boats and it described the entry of the US into the war as the U-Boat's second "happy time". Thing is that the petulant arrogant American Admirals refused to acknowledge the lessons learned from the British and went ahead and did everything the same way the Brits did in 39. It was only after the U-Boats were sinking 800 000+ tons a month that they decided to humble themselves.
Only thing I can say: Americans
They never change
Thats like the Bitish and their war in the Falklands, in hindsight I bet the wish they would have had air supremency, man they were losin ships left and right. I remeber watchin that war on the news every night to see what ships got sunk everynight.
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British ships sunk every night? That would be 30 or so ships. Guess the officials must have lied about the 6 or so that were actually sunk.
I was in Argentina recently and did not meet one person that thought they had any right to invade the Falkland Islands. I met POWs of the Brits and they had nothing but high praise for their captures.
Argentina has a decent air force and when you put ships in harm's way, harm can come to them. But your indication of mass slaughter is inaccurate.
America was aware of what was coming to crush our enemies and could afford the losses. America made mistakes for sure, unlike Germany which made no such mistakes. Compare the overall blunders and the US looks pretty good. Our mistakes did not cost us the war. Germany's mistakes did. Talk about fuzzy math!!
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To answer the question, the Americans didn't lose any troop ships. The U-boats enjoyed a brief second Happy Time in the Fall of '42 because so many escorts were held back for the Torch landings in North Africa. After those landings, the escorts returned to the Atlantic in time for the massacre of the U-boats in the Spring of '43.
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Maybe thats why the Argentine pilots called the Harriers "The Black Death".Originally posted by Yen Lo:
Thats like the Bitish and their war in the Falklands, in hindsight I bet the wish they would have had air supremency, man they were losin ships left and right. I remeber watchin that war on the news every night to see what ships got sunk everynight.
And as far as I can remember,I don't recollect any British aircraft being shot down.
I say recollect because I was there.
There goes the Air Supremacy theory out of the window.
Someone may put me right,but I think only 5 maybe 6 ships were sunk,3 destroyers, a cargo and an LSL "Galahad".So you will agree,ships being sunk left and right,is just conjecture on your part.
I'm not after a long winded debate/argument,I'm only trying to put the facts straight.No offence intended.
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Stink,
What's your reason for hating the U.S. so much ? ....I mean, hating everything but the Taco's. Disgruntled military man maybe ?
Ya, it's been "en vogue" to bash the U.S. ever since Viet Nam. Sometimes deservingly, sometimes not....I suppose. Americans seem like they are getting tired of it. It's not hard to get a rise out of 'em anyway. Sometimes it's fun, depending who you get on the line"hook and sinker". I don't blame some for being a little on the defensive side though. It's only human nature to be hated when you have everything (except good beer). I wouldn't take it too personally.
What do I know though, I'm only a dope smoking, "lets all hug each other" Canadian....but I don't take it too personally...
