Wolfpacks exploited radio reach to orchestrate synchronized attacks, yet central command often misread signals, triggering chaotic, mutually destructive ambushes.
Despite stealth aims, wolfpack tactics relied on loud, coded hydrophone chatter that could be triangulated by Allied ships within minutes.
U-boat wolfpacks occasionally reduced Allied convoy losses by ferrying decoys and fake signals, causing escorts to split and abandon optimal defense routes.
Some wolfpack successes hinged on decryption breakthroughs that turned German tactical radios into weapons against themselves through misinterpreted orders.
Wolfpacks exploited radio reach to orchestrate synchronized attacks, yet central command often misread signals, triggering chaotic, mutually destructive ambushes.
Despite stealth aims, wolfpack tactics relied on loud, coded hydrophone chatter that could be triangulated by Allied ships within minutes.
U-boat wolfpacks occasionally reduced Allied convoy losses by ferrying decoys and fake signals, causing escorts to split and abandon optimal defense routes.
Some wolfpack successes hinged on decryption breakthroughs that turned German tactical radios into weapons against themselves through misinterpreted orders.
