Wolf Pack Tactics

There were several reasons allowing the British to reduce the U-boat peril, each of varying significance, and these are outlined below. In the early years of the war, escort ships were unable to give adequate warnings of a U-boat's presence. The only means of detecting a U-boat, other than the human eye, that the escorts possessed was ASDIC, which located the U-boat by bouncing sound waves off its hull. This was only useful when the U-boat was under the water and as generally, U-boats only submerged to attack, by the time ASDIC detected a U-boat the convoy was already in danger.

Submarines, also known as U-boats. This U-boat was able to attack ships underwater without being spotted. The only Major problem is that it broke the International law. When the Germans attack a neutral ship, they are supposed to warn them beforehand but

Even though the German forces were unaware of the raid and had very little time to prepare for it, the Allies were still unsuccessful. Canadian forces were late to their positions at Blue Beach, and the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment was late to the Red and White Beaches. At the Green Beach, the Canadians needed to cross a bridge, which was heavily defended. Since the Canadians needed to defend a densely defended bridge, they were unsuccessful and were pushed back. The tanks had limited mobility due to the environment.

One may ask, how did the battle begin, the battle of the Atlantic started the war and on September 3rd, 1939, the day of pre-position German U-Boats begun to attack British Merchant Ships. A merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a country, they send supplies to the Allies during the war, but they were the main target from the German U-boats. Since the Canadian Merchant Navy was relatively small, Germany expected nothing from us, neither the United States. Although Adolf Hitler placed several restrictions on U-boats, saying that they can not attack on any passenger ships, even if they were escorted in a convoy, they still did. A German submarine sank a British Liner, Athenia, a 13 580 ton passenger liner of the Donaldson line, and the public opinion shook.

The U-boats one of Germany’s of most intimidating naval weapons. The U-boat, also known as a submarine, which is a boat that could go underwater. The common U-boat during World War One could carry 35 men and 12 torpedoes (history.com). The Germans would use the element of surprise by torpedoing ships such as their enemies or neutral countries.For example, the ship the Lusitania, a british ocean liner that had been coming from New York to Liverpool had been torpedoed without warning, which ended up killing 1,189 people. The Germans would use the U-boat for unrestricted warfare which caused the Germans’ to have one of the most

In theory, utilizing helicopters could relocate their forces fast enough to keep the enemy from conversing on any one unit. On the contrary, an American Force discovering an NVA unit would fix its position while the reinforcing battalion flew in to cut off the enemy's retreat and annihilate them (E-History, 2012).

Additionally, they were able utilize Hydra to decode German U-Boat message and Allied forces were able to anticipate their next moves which resulted in Allied convoys surrounding the Donitz, otherwise known as the “Wolf Pack”.11 This was a major advantage to the Allies as the message intercepts were critical in winning the war against the Donitz. Stephenson’s secret agents (Stephenson overlooked training and assisted in creating Camp X) were also able to provide the Allied forces with information from South America which allowed the Royal Navy to attack and sink German ships that were loaded with supplies for Germany’s war production factories and

With waves of tanks and infantry men the NVA/VC were able to start the ground attack.

​The German U-Boats were like a submarine that was a lot more advanced than those that were built by other nations; and they were the first submarines made by the Germans. The U-boat was 214 feet long, it could carry 35 men, and 12 torpedoes at a time. And it could travel underwater for 2 hours at a time. With these Germany had a lot of success against the British warships. (https://www.britannica.com/technology/U-boat)

The Germans had definitely revolutionized naval with the introduction of their U-boats. If it had not been for them, there may not have been any good offensive weapons to use at sea. The Germans had created much more powerful weapons by implementing torpedoes into their U-boats. This was a very smart idea by the Germans as it allowed them to catch many enemies off guard and be much more successful at sea. It was smart of them to take a more offensive approach to naval battles instead of their usual defensive approach. Not only was a new approach taken towards naval battle, but land warfare was also highly improved.

Naval warfare had not turned out to be an especially critical factor for either the Germans or the British, and there were no truly decisive naval battles. The submarine, however, produced some earth-shaking results. Submarine warfare led to the sinking of the Lusitania, a passenger ship. This occurred during a submarine blockade of Britain. The Germans placed no limit on their campaign of submarine warfare. This campaign helped draw the United States into the conflict. Without submarine warfare, perhaps the U.S. never enters the conflict. By June of 1918, the Allied lines were so devastated that the German commander Ludendorff felt he could wire the Kaiser and state that the war might end soon. Then, U.S. troops began to arrive, as many as 250,000 a month. The Allies rallied. Germany may well have won without the infusion of U.S. troops into the battle. So, in a very unexpected way, new technology-- the deadly submarine warfare of the Germans had a decided impact on the war.

Meanwhile, as Beatty and his battle cruisers continued northward, they began angling north-northeast, while Jellicoe and the dreadnoughts began moving southeast in six columns with an armored cruiser screen. The Grand Fleet formed a “crossing the T,” position, in which the Germans found themselves crossing in front of the British fleet and suffering heavy hits. Once again, Scheer ordered another retreat.

1. The wolf is a pack animal. What does it mean to be a pack animal?

The second ship with CORB children for Canada was Cunard White Star's Hilary, 4,350 registered tons.

Submarines were effective and best known for sneaking on the enemy. They were lightly armored and served as easy prey if discovered. It also had small crew numbers which made it hard to take prisoners from captured steamships. Despite these reasons, the Germans were non reluctant to break the international rules of warfare. The Germans attacked and sank the British passenger ship carrying American civilians on board. The American people were in disbelief and accused Germany of violating international rules. However Germany disagreed to the accusations.