The German side was also starved for weather data. And since weather tends to flow West to East over the Atlantic, they were even more disadvantaged. Interest

The German side was also starved for weather data. And since weather tends to flow West to East over the Atlantic, they were even more disadvantaged. Interesting solution was un-manned, automated weather stations like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt -- installed secretly by U-Boat on Labrador's north coast. It was re-discovered in 1977!