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Originally Posted by _Richard_
he couldn't do it with under water boats that basically had the drop on everybody
that boat was dead. it was spotted being built, they were waiting for it to come out.
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Yes, and it would have easily made it to the Atlantice shipping lanes had the captain and what's his face not disobeyed orders and engaged the Hood in battle. Once there, it's my understanding most are in agreement it would have wreaked havoc.
And u-boats were massively successful. The reason "he couldn't do it with under water boats" is because he underestimated the importance of the naval war. In fact, neglected it. A combination of Uboats and the Bismarck and a solid naval military strategy would have been very difficult for Britain to handle on her own.