The German High Command admitted a bitter truth last week: U-boat sinkings in April were less than half the 926,000 tons claimed in March. Berlin's excuses only made the admission more impressive: the weather had been "extraordinarily bad"; it was impossible to watch all the convoy lanes at once; strongly escorted convoys were bagging three and four submarines in each attack.
But the U.S. Navy's Secretary Frank Knox had wisely cautioned against the large assumption that the April decline indicated victory over the U-boats. The Allied navies still expected to have a difficult struggle for months to come. Said Germany's...
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