Why US Navy Stopped Aiming AT Submarines — And Sank 3X More Instead

May 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic is being lost. German U-boats are sinking Allied ships faster than they can be replaced. Depth charges only work 7% of the time. Then the Allies deploy a weapon so counterintuitive, it seems backwards — and it triples the U-boat kill rate overnight.
This is the true story of the Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon. The weapon that stopped aiming at submarines and started sinking them instead.

What You'll Learn:
Why depth charges were nearly useless against U-boats (the blind spot problem)
How submarines exploited sonar weaknesses to escape every time
The genius design that let destroyers maintain contact during attacks
Why 65-pound projectiles beat 300-pound depth charges
USS England's incredible record: 6 submarines in 12 days
The psychological warfare that terrified German U-boat crews
How one simple question changed naval warfare forever

This isn't just about a WWII weapon — it's about how questioning basic assumptions leads to breakthrough innovations. Sometimes the solution isn't doing what you're doing better. It's doing something completely different.

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