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Originally Posted by RN7
The reason being the Allies, the British in particular, recognised from the outset the danger of the submarine to not only naval shipping but commerce. In addition to the convoy and escort system, Allied anti-submarine weapons and counter-measures kept pace with and even surpassed German submarine developments and tactics, to the point that Allied shipping losses in the Atlantic declined from 6.1 million tonnes in 1942, to 500,000 tonnes in 1944. Geman submarine losses rose from 87 in 1942 to 242 in 1944.
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We already had a taste of what subs could do back in WW1. While often slow to learn, this was an education we took to heart when WW2 broke out. Even so, it took us a while to get our shit together and run convoys. During the early stage of the Atlantic war it was open season on merchant shipping.