Was D nitz s wolf pack tactic the greatest tactical invention in World War II naval warfare?

It cannot be called great, it can only be said that it is an innovation in naval tactics. But the shortcomings of the "wolf pack" tactic were also exposed by the end of World War II. It needed to concentrate a certain number of U-boats in the same sea area, there were logistical problems, many U-boats abandoned their missions halfway because of insufficient supplies, and the Germans did not have effective anti-submarine measures, and there were fewer American destroyers and anti-submarine ships disguised as merchant ships?

It was supposed to be Nimitz and Spruance's "island-hopping tactic".

The so-called "island-hopping tactic" means that the US Navy, which has the upper hand, carries out powerful bombing and artillery bombardment against certain strategically threatened islands (atolls) in an island chain, and then has the Marines land to wipe out the remnants of the enemy. Other islands that are not strategically important have been abandoned. Because the Japanese Army, which had lost its sea supremacy, was no longer able to withdraw the troops on the island, the devils on the secondary islands could only sit and wait for the war to end!

This is different from the previous island-by-island scramble, and it can save more precious lives and time for the US military. Later generations commented that the "island hopping tactic" of the United States cost at least 100,000 people less for the victory in World War II and advanced the victory by at least one year!

In addition, the comrades above should not be too "invincible to aircraft carriers"! I can disagree with that. It depends on the use of any weapon. The aircraft carrier can also be sunk by the ship's guns!

Wolf pack tactics are actually just that: pack tactics. Very early again.

It's just that Dönitz used it on the submarine side.

In submarine warfare, I still think that the British aircraft carrier formation HMS Ark Royal attacked the German battleship Bismarck.

What is"Wolf pack tactics"?I was intrigued by this question.

No, it should be the invention of carrier-based aircraft as the main offensive of naval warfare.

Submarines alone will not work, there must be a strong aircraft carrier formation.

A few floors ago, the landlord said it was the navy!

Dönitz's wolf pack tactics failed mainly because they didn't have enough resources, while the Allies used them well because they were abundant and they were able to cooperate and react quickly.

Wolf pack tactics need to have enough money, as well as strong financial and material resources. However, Germany was unable to do so at the time. The Allies, on the other hand, were more financially powerful.

Two fists are invincible to four hands, Germany is on its own, its number of warships is impossible to compare with the Allied forces, the Allied forces invested in joint operations are quite large, the possibility of success is greater.

Because the strategic resources of the Allies were far greater than those of the German army, and the "wolf pack tactic" required a rapid reaction force, it is conceivable that the German army at that time did not have it.

Because the opponent's imitation of the wolf pack tactics has been modified, not completely according to the original map, but has been improved on the original basis, and the opponent has taken it lightly, so it succeeded.

Throughout the operation, Dunritz maintained tight control over the troops, sending out a series of wireless telegrams from his headquarters, directing the actions of every submarine in every minute, with the exception of night attacks. At night, the captains had to use their skill and initiative to reach the appropriate range and sink as many merchant ships as possible. But when to start the attack and when to stop it is up to the command to decide.

Silent, cruel and strong-willed, Dunritz fought in World War I, was captured in battle, returned home after the war and rejoined the German Navy, and served as a captain in the submarine detachment named after the famous submarine hero of World War I, Widingen. Dunritz had a wolf-like personality and was convinced that submarines would have to be assembled in groups in order to break the British escort system. After becoming the head of the detachment, he put into training the submarine "wolf pack tactics" that he had been planning for many years.

By the time the war broke out in September 1939, his "wolf pack tactics" had been perfected. After the outbreak of World War II, the submarine fleet he trained raged like a "pack of wolves" in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, almost ending the fate of the British Empire.