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Historia I i II wojny światowej na morzach i oceanach - Konwoje HX229 i SC122 (po angielsku)
PL_tes - 17 Grudzień 2009, 13:06
: Temat postu: Konwoje HX229 i SC122 (po angielsku)
Pare ciekawostek na temat najwiekszej bitwy konwojowej WWII.

Cytat:
In March 1943, Convoys HX229 and SC122 with 88 merchant ships and 15 escorts, were bound for Europe from New York, via Halifax, on parallel courses. In mid-Atlantic, they were relentlessly attacked by 45 U-Boats operating individually and in "wolfpacks," who fired 90 torpedoes, sinking 22 ships, and resulting in 372 dead. Germany called it the "greatest convoy battle of all time."

British and U.S. escorts used 298 depth charges to sink one German submarine and to damage several others, while suffering 1 casualty. Escort vessels were overwhelmed by the simultaneous need to hunt submarines and pick up survivors.


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