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By the fall of 1942 Doenitz knew that his Type VII boats were becoming obsolete. Despote some continued successes he needed a new boat. But what if Adolf said that production of older boats was to stop, and no new boats were to be built, because they were unlikely to be ready in time for the decisive phase of the war in 1943-44? Existing boats were to fight on as best they could but no new keels were to be laid down.
What would the war have looked like in its last two years, if the materials used for u-boat construction (actually wasted since no type XXI ever saw combat) were used to build more antitank guns etc?
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