Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Imperial War Museums"
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The Germans never came close. Doenitz worked on a calculation that, in order to bring Britain to terms, 600,000 tons of shipping per month needed to be sunk. By the end of 1941, the Germans on only exceeded 300,000 tons on three occasions. Usually, they were below 200,000 tons. After December, 1941, even 600,000 was a serious underestimation.
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@drpoundsign Quite the reverse. FDR was asked by Churchill for shipping resources. FDR refused them. The texts of telegrams which passed between to two leaders are available in the Churchill Papers are available for anyone to read.
Actually, the Bengal Famine had a number of causes, among which were the number of refugees from Japanese held areas, the inability to import food from those same areas, stockpiling by hoarders and, perhaps worst of all, the Bengal administration, which tried to minimise the crisis. The worst that could be said of Churchill was that he should have known what was taking place, but didn't. After all, in 1943, he had little else to worry about.
You could also add the refusal of FDR to allow the transfer of merchant shipping, by the way. What is without dispute, except by those who choose to blame Churchill for everything since the Black Death, is that once he did find out, he transferred food distribution to the British Indian Army, and had grain convoys diverted from Australia to India.
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