Germany lacked the resources for any admiral to deliver a conventional maritime victory over Britain. Even a larger German bomber effort would have met Britain's radar and fighter network while inviting retaliation. The conflict was fundamentally an infrastructure contest, and Britain possessed much deeper maritime and industrial systems. The British Army entered 1939 fully motorized and mechanized while German forces still depended heavily on horses throughout the war, illustrating the wider capacity gap. Dönitz could inflict losses, but he could not reverse that structural balance.
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The Atlantic war was ultimately an infrastructure contest
Germany could promise damage but lacked the maritime, air, and industrial infrastructure needed to overcome Britain's deeper capacity to absorb and answer it.