WWII Timeline Kill Maps for Battle of the Atlantic Explained

This is a part 2 of a multipart video series addressing the contributions of the US bombers to the WWII anti-submarine efforts.
A review of the Battle of the Atlantic timeline Kill Maps will be discussed. This video is presented as requested from the comment section from the channels Bomber vs. German Submarine Warfare part 1 video. The images show the progression of the Battle of the Atlantic submarine warfare between the Germans and allies. The time line and significant events from the start of WWII to a couple month after Black May will be unpacked.

[SoloRenegade]

This is one of THE best videos on the Battle of the Atlantic ever made!

[GoldsmithsStats]

The graphics tell us more about the battle of the Atlantic than any number of film clips or talking heads. Another great video.

[donreed]

This is so well organized, I am speechless. Thank you (04/07/23).

[froggystyle]

Excellent video as usual. The sheer data these videos provide set the channel apart from others. Always new and rare information. I look forward to the next video.

[rolds]

This is one of the best WWII channels.

[mineown]

Another great dive into the battle of the Atlantic . From the maps you've shown, the bay of biscay looks like the graveyard of the kriegsmarine . The area shows consistent U-boat casualties through all of the given periods.
Thanks for compiling all of the information given throughout this series of videos .

[tonyshield]

Awesome. So much stuff I did not know about the geographical spread of u-boat attacks and the areas of u-boat losses. The wartime analysis generated was priceless in helping to shape allied countermeasures, and I am sure the Axis produced similar. Thank you for this.

[seafodder]

I love your content! This one was continues your excellent "big picture" look at the Battle of the Atlantic series. And, as always, being able to see the actual source material is the icing on the cake.

[Satunnaistasotilashistoriaa]

Finland also used bombers to hunt submarines in World War II. I have plans to make video about that.

The Soviet fleet was encircled at the Kronstadt naval base in Leningrad (present-day St. Petersburg). Soviet submarines try to sneak through the Gulf of Finland to attack Finnish and German merchant shipping.

Interesting detail: An enemy submarine had to be surfaced to be detected, but submerged to be destroyed.

- The Finnish naval aviation did not have radar or other technology for locating submerged submarines. Only Mark 1 eyeball with binoculars.
- The Finns used captured SB-2 bombers in these missions. The main armament was 4-8 depth charges, the light machine guns of the SB-2 were not powerful enough to damage the submarine.

So the basic tactic was seek visually for surface-going submarines, start the attack run with machine guns and lure the submarine to dive and drop depth charges in the estimated diving direction.

[gershonpollatschek]

Wonderfull chanell, please keep doing this. Thanks from Germany

[ypaulbrown]

your channel is very wishes from Orlando Florida, Paul

[jean-francoislemieux]

a big topic run quickly! would be interesting to have an episode on the radar equiped planes that were hunting subs. And I love thoses ww2 maps ! from month to month, visual and clear information

[chkoha]

Liked, commented and subscribed as requested

[john]

you have an amazing channel. congratulations on everything you are doing.
you deserve 250k subscribers not 25k

[David-icby]

Love the videos. You need to write a book. This is serious research.

[williamashbless]

Love your work. I would argue that Black May was not the turning point. That month literally crushed the U-boat service and Doenitz only hope was the Electro boats could achieve operational status before it was too late.
The writing on the wall for the U-boats would have been(my argument) March of 1941.
In ten days Germany’s most celebrated Aces, Kretschmer, Schepke, and Prien were lost to allied surface escorts who showed that training and tech advances(HFDF, 10cm surface Radar, etc) were too much for the current type VII and IX u-boats. This forced Doenitz to continually shift his U-boats to areas that lacked sufficiently equipped skills, tech and ships to combat the Wolfpack’s.

[davevandevenne]

Note the increases in U Boat sinkings in the Bay of Biscay as the war progresses.

[z_actual]

1162 u boats built,
My fathers ship HMS Thane was damaged by U 1172 in the Irish sea in Jan 45 when its stern was blown off by an acoustic torpedo. It was the 3rd time he had been torpedoed. HMS Thane was an escort carrier being used to transfer aircraft to the UK because its escort carrier duties were being dissolved by a lack of u boat activity. Among her load were the first helicopters to arrive in England which were delivered to Speke airport near Liverpool. Eric Winkle Brown talks of flying them there. U1172 did not survive more than a few days after.

[derek]

I’d like to know the impact of escort carriers on the u boat losses?

[Mike_Greentea]

“Greyhound” kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time 👍