• 1936 proved successful. Dönitz called his strategy of submarine warfare Rudeltaktik, which literally translates as "pack tactic" but referred specifically...
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    began to formulate the concept of U-boats operating in attack groups Rudeltaktik (German for "pack tactic", commonly called a "wolfpack") for greater...
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    the Enigma cipher machine. This allowed for mass-attack naval tactics (Rudeltaktik, commonly known as "wolfpack"), which ultimately ceased to be effective...
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    the convoy system, but Dönitz thought this could be overcome with the Rudeltaktik: a patrol line of U-boats searched for a convoy and when one was found...
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    U-boats operating independently from a ship at sea, and as a result, the rudeltaktik advocated by Karl Dönitz became more prominent. Deutschland paid a visit...
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  • difficult campaign. It features such innovations as Asdic, Type 271 radar, Rudeltaktik (wolf pack tactics), catapult fighters, the Hedgehog, huff-duff, US blimps...
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    historic battle was underway about 180 miles south of Iceland. A wolf pack “Rudeltaktik” of five U-boats had launched the war's first submerged daylight attack...
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