U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
AMERICAN ADMIRAL’S SURVEY (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, February 6. Rear-Admiral Clark Woodward says in the journal “American”: “Many naval strategists fear that the Axis submarine offensive in the coming spring will be similar to that of April and May,1917, which was the most crucial period in the Great War. The Allied shipping losses in 1942 are estimated at 7,000,000 tons, whereas there was construction amounting to 8,000,000 tons. The losses last summer were well ahead of construction, but the ratio has been reversed in recent months. Many army and navy officers believe the available tonnage is insufficient to transport and maintain additional large forces overseas.” Admiral Woodward estimates that the German submarine fleet totals 400 at present, of which approximately 135 are constantly maintained in service; also that new construction averages 30 a month, which is twice the number sunk. It is expected that the fleet will reach a peak level of 500 or 600 in the next few months, when Hitler will be able to launch a gigantic offensive.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1943, Page 3
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173U-BOAT CAMPAIGN Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1943, Page 3
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