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The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-45
Introduction
The Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from September 1939 until the defeat of Germany in 1945, was the war’s longest continuous military operation.
During six years of naval warfare, German U-boats and warships – and later Italian submarines –
were pitted against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
This battle to control the Atlantic shipping lanes involved thousands of ships and stretched across thousands of perilous square miles of ocean.
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US Coast Guard Cutters
Description: US Coast Guard Cutters on convoy duty in the Atlantic during World War II
Battle of Atlantic-Oct 1941
Description: Battle of Atlantic-Oct 1941 the Mid Ocean Meeting Point (MOMP) at 22'W, the USN escorted HX, and joint RN/RCN groups the slower SC convoys. RN ships based in Iceland then took over until the convoys were met by Western Approaches escorts operating out of Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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U-boat
Description: German U-boat in action 1941
Karl Dönitz (1891 – 1980)
Description: Source B Karl Dönitz: 'Britain’s ability to maintain her supply lines is the decisive factor for the outcome of the war'.
W. Churchill (1874-1965)
Description: Source A W.Churchill:'The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril'.
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