Why were U-boats so effective in WWll?

It kind of depends on what your definition of “effective” is. Did they win the war? Obviously not. Were they a determining factor in how events in WWII played out? Most certainly. U-boats had an effect because they were scary. Think of U-boats like snipers. read more

A lot of people have answered saying U-boats weren’t effective. I’ll tell you why they were so terrifying and why allies still won the naval war. Hitler was told by Karl Donitz that he needed 300 U boats to win the war. However, Hitler had been convinced by Erich Raeder that surface raiding will allow Germany to starve Britain to surrender. read more

U-boats were German submarines that caused havoc in World War Two during the Battle of the Atlantic. U-boats were so damaging that Winston Churchill commented that it was the only time in World War Two that he thought Britain would have to contemplate surrendering. read more

During World War II, adroit navy public relations and obliging media coverage wrapped PT boats in glamour. Initially designed for dangerous nighttime attacks on much larger Japanese warships, the boats came to be seen as intrepid little heroes, America’s Davids taking on Japan’s Goliaths of the sea. read more