German naval commander, Karl Dönitz, invented a style of fig…
German naval commander, Karl Dönitz, invented a style of fighting known as Submarine Warfare Doctrine, or . Dönitz employed this method of fighting during the Battle of the Atlantic. By placing U-Boats (German submarines) strategically throughout the Atlantic, he would have one U-Boat sight a convoy but not attack. Instead, the U-Boat would signal other U-Boats throughout the Atlantic to alert them of the location of the convoy. The submarines would then converge on a meeting spot and attack all at once, decimating the convoy. This was an extremely effective method of fighting and provided Germany with some early successes in its Tonnage Strategy against Great Britain.