"Following a series of failed attacks and premature detonations, including point blank attacks on Ark Royal and the heavy cruiser Norfolk, an angry Dönitz orders magnetic exploders deactivated on all submarine torpedoes. "
It took the German Navy six weeks after the war started to figure out that magnetic exploders weren't working. The US Navy would stick with them for 18 months after Pearl Harbor; three years after the Germans. Whether we knew if the Germans decision or not is unknown. Hard to believe it wasn't known after three years.
It took the German Navy six weeks after the war started to figure out that magnetic exploders weren't working. The US Navy would stick with them for 18 months after Pearl Harbor; three years after the Germans. Whether we knew if the Germans decision or not is unknown. Hard to believe it wasn't known after three years.