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3 unusual facts about Convoys ONS 18/ON 202


Convoys ONS 18/ON 202

a patrol group of 21 boats, code-named Leuthen, to renew the attack on the North Atlantic route.

In September 1943 BdU had established the patrol line Leuthen of 21 U-boats south of Greenland; these were to intercept west-bound convoys as they were about to enter the Greenland Air Gap, where Allied aircraft were reckoned to be unable to operate due to the extreme range.

Leuthen was disbanded, with 12 boats forming a new patrol line, Rossbach, joined by 9 boats from home bases to attack the next set of east-bound convoys.



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