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Originally Posted by Urban
The Germans tried to send 62 subs into the mediterranean, 9 were sunk while attempting and 21 had to abort due to damage or turned back due to high risk.
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Thanks. I think I have a hypothesis now. The Italians mostly came out in 1940; the Germans were trying to go in in late 1941 onwards. The patrols could have been significantly improved in that time; the British were a bit amateur about a lot of things in the early part of the war.