U-Boat Wargamers | Episode 4: The Game | Free Documentary History

U-Boat Wargamers - Episode 4: The Game | History Documentary Watch the next epsisode of 'U-Boat Wargamers' here: https://youtu.be/NheFlHTH8kE In this episode: Roberts, Laidlaw and the Wrens play through the war game and come up with a tactic to sink the U-boats. Now they face an uphill battle, getting the top brass to listen to them. But it’s more crucial than ever. Hitler has finally granted Dönitz his three hundred U-boats. He’s determined to wipe out Britain’s convoys. Noble has always been sceptical of Roberts’s war game. He and Laidlaw run through their new tactic. By using the game, they finally convince Noble that their new tactic, codenamed “Raspberry”, is key to stopping the U-boats. Now the Royal Navy encourages all officers to learn it, and many more tactics they’ve developed. WATU is turned into a school. Young women teach seasoned navy men on fighting battles at sea. But the true test of the tactics will be when they’re used against real U-boats in the North Atlantic. The series: World War II. The Battle of the Atlantic. Admiral Karl Dönitz, head of the Nazi’s U-boat fleet, brings Britain to the brink of starvation by sinking their merchant ships. His U-boats strike without warning and disappear immediately. Dönitz’s deadly tactics are mystifying. If the vital transatlantic shipping route is cut off, Britain will be forced to surrender, and the Allies will lose their last foothold in Western Europe. The Royal Navy must find a way to defeat Dönitz. They turn to retired war gamer Gilbert Roberts. Roberts is set a daunting task – to use war gaming to decipher Dönitz’s tactics and find a way to sink the U-boats. To do this, he needs a team, but the navy can’t spare any men. He is forced to turn to a group of women from the Women’s Royal Navy Service (WRNS), popularly known as the Wrens. With Jean Laidlaw, one of Britain’s first female chartered accountants, and a small team of bright young women, Roberts acts out naval battles and war game scenarios on a linoleum floor using chalk and wooden model ships. By putting themselves into the minds of the U-boat captains, Laidlaw and the Wrens decipher Dönitz’s tactics and turn the tables on the U-boats, developing countertactics to destroy them. Their work enabled the Allies to turn the tide of the war, outthink the U-boats and defeat Nazi Germany. The Wrens were some of the greatest war gamers of their generation, but their legacy has been ignored. Now the story of these forgotten war gamers can be told. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Subscribe Free Documentary - History Channel for free: https://bit.ly/2FjRPgV Facebook: https://bit.ly/2QfRxbG Twitter: https://bit.ly/2QlwRiI ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ #FreeDocumentary #Documentary #History ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Free Documentary - History is dedicated to bringing high-class documentaries to you on YouTube for free. You will see fascinating animations showing the past from a new perspective and explanations by renowned historians that make history come alive. Enjoy stories about people and events that formed the world we live in.