German U-Boat Wolfpack Surrounded Convoy HX-79 — 45 Escort Ships With Sonar Destroyed 11 Subs
Автор: The Second War
Загружено: 2025-11-28
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The night of October nineteenth, nineteen forty. Western Approaches, fifty-four degrees north, twelve degrees west. Twenty-three seventeen hours. Lieutenant Commander Archibald Russell stood on the bridge of HMS Whitehall, scanning the dark Atlantic through binoculars he could barely see through. Eleven escort ships surrounded forty-nine merchant vessels carrying steel, lumber, grain, and petroleum products from North America to Britain. The largest escort force Russell had ever commanded. Destroyers, corvettes, minesweepers, anti-submarine trawlers. All equipped with ASDIC, the underwater detection system that was supposed to make submarines obsolete. All positioned according to the latest Admiralty tactical doctrines. Everything by the book. Everything prepared. And in exactly forty-three minutes, Kapitanleutnant Gunther Prien would demonstrate why none of it mattered. If you're enjoying this deep dive into the story, hit the subscribe button and let us know in the comments from where in the world you are watching from today!
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