Movie question: how inaccurate is "U-571"?

[Guest]

Then maybe you should indeed

Then maybe you should indeed study history instead of
being fed data by the lot of us, but anyway...

U571 is complete fiction. it would be somewhat closer to
history if all americans were replaced by brits, and even then
no U boat was ever operated by an allied crew alone
(IIRC the german crews had to help even with operation
deadlight)

The british obtained code books from a raid on a weathership,
and an enigma machine from entering a rammed and sinking sub.
(again, IIRC)

check uboat.net for historic data.

Regards,
Ronald van Aalst

You forget about U570? that was captured intact, refited and used by an all British crew to attack german submarines, she even took a pot shot at U333.

[raalst]

I did not forget, I

I did not forget, I did not know.
I had heard about HMS Graph,
but I thought it was only put in british service after the war.

just here to learn