Was Dönitz bad for
U-waffe?
For all the (justifiable) grief Göring gets, I don't see Donitz taking nearly as much of a beating for his mistakes. His insistence on regular U-boat reports opened them up to detection & attack, as well as aiding in breaking
KM Enigma. His resistance to the Type XXI delayed it easily a year.
So, can Dönitz have been replaced by someone else? If so, when? 1939? Earlier? If he is replaced, how much better can the
U-waffe do? I don't expect a 1000-boat fleet in '40,

but *Type XXIs in '41 seem reasonable. (I'm not sure the Walther boats are
ever reasonable.

) Does this also improve the torpedoes sooner? Does it force a reduction in shipping to India, & a resulting greater Indian sympathy for Japan?
And, just to be fair to the WAllies, does this drive British changes in approach? Does it, frex, lead to Hampdens over Biscay, or out of Iceland & Newfoundland, in '40?


Does it delay (or butterfly away) ASV for Bomber Command? (Even Hampdens with ASV wouldn't be a bad call...) Does it force a change to Bomber Command's strategy of attacking cities, in favor of rail &/or river attack? Does it force Winston to abandon his dream of an Italian invasion?
No, I don't expect it can win the war for Germany.

I do wonder what the different outcome looks like--& if it doesn't, counterintuitively, lead to an earlier Allied victory...