Battle of the Atlantic
U-boat convoy struggle
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, spanning from 1939 to 1945.
German U-boats and aircraft attempted to cut off Allied supply lines across the Atlantic Ocean, sinking merchant ships carrying troops, equipment, and provisions to Britain.
The Allies eventually prevailed through convoy systems, code-breaking, and improved anti-submarine technology.
- wolfpack tacticsCoordinated naval ambush method
- wolf packGroup of wild canines
- Royal NavyUK naval military branch
- Lend-Lease ActWartime military aid legislation
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
air patrols · corvettes · depth charges · sonar technology · economic warfare · Winston Churchill · United States Navy · U-boats · merchant mariners · Enigma code · torpedoes · frigates · minesweepers · battleships · radar systems · aircraft carriers · merchant vessels · blockade running
Battle of the AtlanticPacific Theater
WWII Asian-oceanic front
Battle of Midway · Pacific War · Eastern Front · Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the AtlanticBattle of Britain
1940 aerial campaign over England
Eastern Front · Battle of Stalingrad · Operation Barbarossa · D-Day · Battle of the Bulge