Atlantic War: The Loss Of Three Aces (Part 6)

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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How did destroyers and escort groups protect convoys from U-Boat attack? When did convoy HX112 encounter the U-Boat 'Wolfpack' of Kretschmer and Schepke? What is a 'Pocket Battleship'? Join James Holland and Al Murray for part 6 of this deep dive on the war in the Atlantic, the most vital theatre of war in WW2 and the long-running campaign between the British Royal Navy and the Nazi German Kriegsmarine. Start your free trial at ⁠patreon.com/wehaveways⁠ and unlock exclusive content and more. Enjoy livestreams, early access to podcast episodes, ad-free listening, bonus episodes, and a weekly newsletter packed with book deals and behind-the-scenes insights. Members also get priority access and discounts to live events. A Goalhanger Production Produced by James Regan Assistant Producer: Alfie Rowe Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Social: @WeHaveWaysPod Email: wehaveways@goalhanger.com Membership Club: patreon.com/wehaveways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.9	Availments of the 4th of Jan, 226 from 11am.
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0:43.6	Subjects availability. With binoculars firmly wedged on a steady bearing, I put Walker into a gently
0:57.7	curving course, thereby putting every point at the compass under a penetrating probe.
1:02.6	It worked. As her bow swung, a thin line of white water came into the lens of my glasses,
1:07.6	a thin line which could only be the wake of a ship. There were none of ours in that direction. It had to be a U-boat. I shouted orders, increasing speed to 30 knots, and altered course towards the target. Suddenly the U-boat spotted us, and in a cloud of spray, he crashed-dived. A swirl of phosphorescent water still lingered as we passed over the spot and sent a pattern of ten death charges crashing down.
1:28.9	We could hardly have missed.
1:32.0	It had been so quick we must have dropped them smack on top of him.
1:35.4	Then the death charges exploded with great cracking explosions and giant waterspouts rose to masthead height astern of us.
1:38.7	Two and a half minutes later another explosion followed
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