Geon
Donor
Of U-Boats and Codes
I'd like to pursue a "what if" I don't think has been discussed here yet.
Suppose the UK didn't get the lucky break of having the Polish code breakers crack the Enigma code? Enigma allowed the UK to be able turn around the Battle of the Atlantic according to many historians. So assume no Enigma code. In addition to building more subs as suggested by others on this thread would this have been sufficient to allow Germany to win the Battle of the Atlantic?
Remember, even with the U.S. on its side the first year they were allied, 1942, was almost a total disaster in the Atlantic for the Allies. How much more would it have been if Enigma had been unavailable?
One other thought, there's been a lot of talk here about food. However, what about raw materials: oil, manganese, tungsten, rubber, and other such materials? How long would Britain's war industries have been able to continue if there was less of these materials. Remember, that by the end of 1942 Britain had lost many of the sources for these materials in the Pacific.
Geon
I'd like to pursue a "what if" I don't think has been discussed here yet.
Suppose the UK didn't get the lucky break of having the Polish code breakers crack the Enigma code? Enigma allowed the UK to be able turn around the Battle of the Atlantic according to many historians. So assume no Enigma code. In addition to building more subs as suggested by others on this thread would this have been sufficient to allow Germany to win the Battle of the Atlantic?
Remember, even with the U.S. on its side the first year they were allied, 1942, was almost a total disaster in the Atlantic for the Allies. How much more would it have been if Enigma had been unavailable?
One other thought, there's been a lot of talk here about food. However, what about raw materials: oil, manganese, tungsten, rubber, and other such materials? How long would Britain's war industries have been able to continue if there was less of these materials. Remember, that by the end of 1942 Britain had lost many of the sources for these materials in the Pacific.
Geon