Prof. Greg Jackson
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first heard Feb 2026
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Prof. Greg Jackson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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but this changes in 1943.
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Not because Karl Dönitz, who's now the Großadmiral, or Grand Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief of Nazi Germany's entire Kriegsmarine, or Navy, has let up, but because of new tactics and technology.
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The Allies realized that the U-boat wolf packs are limited on how many ships they can take out.
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So, the larger a convoy, the higher percentage of merchant ships make it across the Atlantic with their goods.
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The Allies are also learning the value of air power against the U-boats.
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Coastal Command launches B-24s.
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Aircraft carriers join convoys.
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Add to this a new airborne radar and searchlight combo, the lead light.
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Finally, back in the waters, Allied ships are firing a new 24-bomb salvo that explodes like a shotgun blast.
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The Hedgehog.
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And between all of this?
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Well, let's just say the Battle of the Atlantic isn't the same Battle of the Atlantic.
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This becomes apparent in early May as the US-bound British convoy, ONS 5, does the unthinkable.
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Though losing 12 merchant ships itself, the convoy's escorts take out seven U-boats, nine if we include two more that crash into each other that night.
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That May, the Allies still lose 34 ships, but Germany loses 43 U-boats.
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That's 20% of its entire submarine fleet.
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The happy time is over, and the Germans know it.
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Dubbing the month Black May, the Kriegsmarine mourns the loss of men, subs, and supremacy in the Atlantic, as Admiral Karl Dönitz has no choice but to withdraw his once bold U-boats.
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Thus, by mid-1943, Britain is breathing easier, and the Soviets are breathing easier, because of course a safer Atlantic and a land lease making it to Britain means more British convoys successfully relay those same made-in-USA goods to the USSR, which the Soviets cannot do without.
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Now, I don't want to understate Soviet performance.
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