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RN Wargaming 1929 1945

This talk is about WATU, the Western Appproaches Tactical Unit and places it in the context of wider Royal Navy Wargaming efforts 1929 to 1945. It challenges some of the myths about the WATU game. It was one of seven such naval wargaming centres across the Empire during the war. There is a lack of evidence that WATU was devising new anti-boat tactics (for example, there is no current evidence it was inside the Enigma codebreaking distribution list, which contained invaluable current information about U-boat operations). However, WATU was an important part of the training cycle for escort and convoy commanders. The games were also used to prepare captains for air attack, surface actions and D-Day.