Infamously concerned about the threat from the Tirpitz the Admiralty scattered convoy PQ17 to Russia
24 merchant ships totalling 48,218 tons were sunk . 210 bombers , 430 tanks , 3350 vehicles and a little under 100 000 tons of ammunition, explosives and raw materials was lost.
Not all of this would have arrived if convoy hadn't scattered as some ships would still have been sunk but a lot more would have got through.
This convoy soured Allied Russian relations and left merchant seamen feeling betrayed and sapped the morale of the naval crews .
What if the convoy hadn't scattered .
what impact would those extra supplies have had on the Eastern front ?
24 merchant ships totalling 48,218 tons were sunk . 210 bombers , 430 tanks , 3350 vehicles and a little under 100 000 tons of ammunition, explosives and raw materials was lost.
Not all of this would have arrived if convoy hadn't scattered as some ships would still have been sunk but a lot more would have got through.
This convoy soured Allied Russian relations and left merchant seamen feeling betrayed and sapped the morale of the naval crews .
What if the convoy hadn't scattered .
what impact would those extra supplies have had on the Eastern front ?