Turns out I already posted this some time ago:
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/37704/biggest-gun-battle-ever
Battle of the Atlantic Movie Coming March 2019
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I am going to pass on this, I don’t like seeing movies about the Battle of the Atlantic since that battle was very one sided and almost every movie ignores Italy being part of it.
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They were part of it. The Italian fleet was the part under the water, resting.
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@Caesar:
I am going to pass on this, I don’t like seeing movies about the Battle of the Atlantic since that battle was very one sided and almost every movie ignores Italy being part of it.
Yo in my last game it wasnt one sided.
Wolf packs glare but allies finally tamed it with tacs and destroyer depth charges. Even had Had 3 Italian Subs convoy raiding. Game ended with Italy still convoy rating. I should of shot a video of it.
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@Caesar:
the Battle of the Atlantic since that battle was very one sided
The Battle of the Atlantic was ultimately won by the Allies, but it wasn’t one-sided. The advantage swung back and forth several times – sometimes dramatically – between the two sides during the war. The subtitles of Clay Blair’s two-volume history of the Battle of the Atlantic, “Hitler’s U-Boat War”, pretty much sums up who [from the point of view of the U-boats] had the upper hand at what time [with exceptions, since there were swings during each half of the war]: “The Hunters, 1939-1942” and “The Hunted, 1942-1945”.
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@CWO:
@Caesar:
the Battle of the Atlantic since that battle was very one sided
The Battle of the Atlantic was ultimately won by the Allies, but it wasn’t one-sided. The advantage swung back and forth several times – sometimes dramatically – between the two sides during the war. The subtitles of Clay Blair’s two-volume history of the Battle of the Atlantic, “Hitler’s U-Boat War”, pretty much sums up who [from the point of view of the U-boats] had the upper hand at what time [with exceptions, since there were swings during each half of the war]: “The Hunters, 1939-1942” and “The Hunted, 1942-1945”.
You nailed it CWO.
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It was one sides, Germany and Italy’s only advantage was operating their submarines inside the Bomber Gap, neither fleet could take the US or British fleet head on in the Atlantic.
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@Caesar:
Germany and Italy’s only advantage was operating their submarines inside the Bomber Gap
If the mid-Atlantic bomber gap (which did indeed exist) was Germany’s only advantage in the U-boat campaign, how did Germany manage to sink three million tons of Allies shipping (about 25% of their total score for the entire Second World War) off the east coast of the United States during the first half of 1942, and lose only 22 U-boats in the process?
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@CWO:
@Caesar:
Germany and Italy’s only advantage was operating their submarines inside the Bomber Gap
If the mid-Atlantic bomber gap (which did indeed exist) was Germany’s only advantage in the U-boat campaign, how did Germany manage to sink three million tons of Allies shipping (about 25% of their total score for the entire Second World War) off the east coast of the United States during the first half of 1942, and lose only 22 U-boats in the process?
Just because I said the Bomber Gap a great strength doesn’t mean that carriers automatically beat Submarines. Remind me again how many ships and total strength the allies lost compared to the Axis, I just can’t seem to remember.
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@Caesar:
I am going to pass on this, I don’t like seeing movies about the Battle of the Atlantic since that battle was very one sided and almost every movie ignores Italy being part of it.
Which side I wonder?
I just looked at the stats - Allied manpower losses are basically 2-1 against axis. 66,000 dead to 30,000 axis. And ships is 3-1 axis, and planes is about 800 to nil.
Sure Axis lost the war but just looking at those stats they put up a HELL of a fight in the Atlantic.
Bet this movie will be great!
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Hope it’s better than Dunkirk. The fighter pilot was cool and the civilian captain wasn’t too bad, but all and all, not that good imo
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Hope it’s better than Dunkirk. The fighter pilot was cool and the civilian captain wasn’t too bad, but all and all, not that good imo
Dunkirk is a very misunderstood film. It’s a HORROR movie. Not a War movie. There is a big difference.
Hence all the music, not seeing the enemy till the end, all the intensity etc…
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That’s a very good point Garg. That’s exactly what is. Wasn’t quite what I was expecting
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