But they were reading it , weren't they . There's another lesson for us . Just because you know all about something , doesn't mean you can do anything effective about it .Byron Angel wrote:hammy wrote: What this is , is proof positive that Convoys work , even when the escort is less than the optimum size , the case up to mid 1942 or so .
..... Agree 100 pct ..... provided that the opponent is not reading your mail.
Byron
Bit like the Crete thing ( same week as the Bismark ) Poor old Freyburg is getting a very clear picture of what is coming at him from information aquired through Bletchley Park's codebreakers , but with complete German air superiority over the island by day , and with the old Island road network ( tracks that an Appalachian moonshine brewer would think a bit difficult ) he cant move his forces around , so they end up in penny packets everywhere and he's strong nowhere .