To: fso301
The battleship Bismark weighted 41,000 long tons. A type VIIC U-boat weighted 759 long tons. 54 U-boats could have been built instead of the Bismarck. The Bismarck, the Tirpitz, they were almost obsolete before their construction was complete. Doenitz lobbied hard, unsuccessfully, for more U-boats. Thank God.
18 posted on
07/27/2019 10:50:01 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Rummyfan
Hitler didn’t know the first thing about naval warfare and other than the wolfpack subs could not be bothered to care. I believe the Bismarck was to be named for him, but it was changed “just in case it was sunk” and thus besmirch his holy name.
CC
22 posted on
07/27/2019 11:12:46 AM PDT by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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