On Feb 2, 3:17=A0pm, Jack Linthicum wrote:
> On Feb 2, 12:17=A0pm, "Michele" wrote:
>
> TV program on U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico raises a question. Would
> the Germans have had enough u-boats capable of reaching the Gulf of
> Mexico in January 1941 to create a virtual oil blockade?
No. It's too far away. Each extra U-boat in
the Gulf is probably two on the east coast.
And a lot of the oil doesn't move by sea;
it moves by pipeline to the northeast and
can be shipped out of eastern ports. |
