U-BOATS’ STRAIN

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 4, 30 September 1943, Page 5

U-BOATS’ STRAIN

Demoralization Of 1917 Recalled SIMILAR SITUATION APPROACHED (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Received September 29, 9.50 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 29. The Gorman Navy is nearing demoralization similar to that of 1917, and it has already been forced to draft U-boat crews, which previously consisted only of volunteers, said RearAdmiral Low, the Chief of Naval Operations against U-boats, in a broadcast. , , . He asserted that the Germans had failed once and for all to break the Allied lifeline across the Atlantic. In the period May-August more than 4000 Allied ships crossed the Atlantic with the loss of less than i per cent. Moreover, the U-boat fleet was unable to stand the present rate of sinkings, which was hastening the same kind of demoralization that broke the U-boat warfare in the last, war.. Admiral Low said that the most effective Allied weapon was the escort carrier, of which 36 were built during last month alone. Before the end of this year 260 would be completed.