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The 11 Days That Ended U-Boat Terror — How American Escort Carriers Sank 41 Submarines In May 1943

In May 1943, the Battle of the Atlantic reached its turning point. German U-boats had been sinking Allied ships faster than they could be replaced, threatening to starve Britain into surrender. Then, in just eleven days, American escort carriers and their aircraft destroyed 41 submarines and ended the U-boat threat forever. This is the untold story of how mass-produced "baby flattops," unauthorized aircraft modifications by enlisted mechanics, and pilots who ignored Navy doctrine won the war's most critical campaign. Discover how seventy-million dollars worth of improvised carriers defeated Germany's precision-engineered submarine fleet worth hundreds of millions. Key Topics Covered: ✓ Battle of the Atlantic May 1943 ✓ Escort carrier hunter-killer groups ✓ USS Bogue, Card, Core, and Santee operations ✓ Hedgehog anti-submarine weapons ✓ HF/DF submarine detection ✓ Unauthorized aircraft modifications ✓ Admiral Dönitz's withdrawal order ✓ Impact on D-Day preparations #ww2secrets #wwii #ww2history #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldwar2history SOURCES Blair, Clay. "Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945." Random House, 1998. Comprehensive coverage of May 1943 Atlantic operations and kill statistics Morison, Samuel Eliot. "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume X: The Atlantic Battle Won." Little, Brown and Company, 1956. Official U.S. Navy historical account with detailed escort carrier operations Y'Blood, William T. "Hunter-Killer: U.S. Escort Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic." Naval Institute Press, 1983. Specific focus on CVE operations, aircraft modifications, and pilot tactics Gannon, Michael. "Black May: The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-Boats in May 1943." Harper Collins, 1998. Day-by-day account of May 1943 submarine losses Syrett, David. "The Defeat of the German U-Boats: The Battle of the Atlantic." University of South Carolina Press, 1994. Statistical analysis of convoy losses and escort effectiveness National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD Action reports from USS Bogue (CVE-9), USS Card (CVE-11), USS Core (CVE-13) Combat Air Patrol logs May 1943 Werner, Herbert A. "Iron Coffins: A Personal Account of the German U-Boat Battles of World War II." Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. German submarine perspective on May 1943 operations Dönitz, Karl. "Memoirs: Ten Years and Twenty Days." Naval Institute Press, 1990. Admiral Dönitz's account of the May 24, 1943 withdrawal decision Rohwer, Jürgen. "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two." Naval Institute Press, 1999. Complete database of U-boat losses with dates and causes Technical Manual for Hedgehog Projector Mark 10. Bureau of Ordnance, U.S. Navy, 1943. Specifications and operational procedures for Hedgehog systems "The Escort Carrier in Action" - Tactical Bulletin. Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, June 1943. Contemporary assessment of CVE effectiveness in anti-submarine warfare Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation Production Records. National Archives, San Francisco. Construction timelines and costs for Casablanca-class escort carriers