Word: doenitz
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...breast of studious, thin-lipped Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz the Fuhrer pinned a ribbon last week "in recognition of his singular merits in the conduct of the U-boat war." The singular Doenitz had shifted his attack north and west. U-boats, out of range of land-based planes, were hunting again in the mid-Atlantic, sleeplessly athwart the lines to Britain, North Africa and Russia...
Last week the U-boats' return to the American seaboard was announced. Atlantic skippers told of twelve-hour running fights. Now Doenitz sent his raiders hunting in multiple packs. His U-boats attacked in waves-first to disrupt escorts, then to bore in among the helpless merchantmen for the kill. To supplement the work of the U-boats was a still-powerful German surface fleet, reportedly moved from Norway fjords, possibly operating again against Atlantic convoys...
...recent raid on Vegesack, touted as "possibly the heaviest single blow of the war against U-boat production," resulted in damage to seven of 15 unfinished U-boats. Germany's submarine production, to which all other naval building is subordinate, may be as high as 40 a month; Doenitz may already have upward of 600 raiders in his fleet...
...moment try to break out to the open sea and raid in force on Allied convoys. It might serve as a grand bait to lure the British Home Fleet (which now includes U.S. units) into a massed submarine trap. The German Navy's new commander, Admiral Karl Doenitz, conferred last week with the Italian Naval Chief of Staff, Admiral Arturo Riccardi - a reminder that the fleet in Norway could also be used to draw Allied strength out of the Mediterranean, should worsening of the Axis position in Tunisia call for escape...
Last week there were signs that Admiral Doenitz, newly upped to command of all Hitler's naval forces, may fear a bold attempt to seize the coast of Brittany, smash the submarines at their source, just as Allied air raids on Germany have attempted to choke off submarine construction. German broadcasts announced that civilians had been ordered out of Brest and Lorient. From Brest alone the evacuation of 22,000 nonessential civilians already was under...