What German Admirals Said About British Sea Power — After It Was Too Late

Video Description

Discover the remarkable true story of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, the German naval commander who calculated that Germany needed 300 U-boats to defeat Britain but was given only 60, and warned throughout the war that the submarine campaign was mathematically hopeless. This documentary explores Dönitz's experience as a World War I U-boat commander, his development of wolf pack tactics, and his increasingly desperate warnings as Allied technology and production overwhelmed German submarines. From the "Happy Time" of 1940 to the catastrophic losses of May 1943, witness how British innovations including radar, Huff-Duff radio direction finding, Hedgehog depth charges, escort carriers, and codebreaking at Bletchley Park turned the Battle of the Atlantic into a death trap for German submariners. Learn what German commanders said about facing overwhelming Allied sea power, the staggering casualty statistics that made the U-boat force suffer a 75% death rate, and why experienced naval strategists continued fighting a battle they knew was lost. Featuring verified quotes from Dönitz's memoirs, documented accounts from post-war interrogations at Nuremberg, and the story of how Allied shipyards built over 5,000 merchant vessels while German U-boats sank only 850 ships in the final two years of the war. This historically accurate account examines one of the most significant lessons of the Atlantic Theater and the consequences when nations commit to campaigns without adequate resources.