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The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [ 11 ][ 12 ] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...
Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic. This is a timeline for the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) in World War II. Officers on the bridge of a destroyer, escorting a large convoy of ships keep a sharp look out for attacking enemy submarines during the Battle of the Atlantic. October 1941.
The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT). Total losses by U-boats: 14,668,785.
The action of 4 April 1941 was a naval engagement fought during the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. A German commerce raider, Thor (Schiff 10 to the Kriegsmarine, Raider E to the British), encountered the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Voltaire and sank her after a short engagement. The German crew rescued the British ...
At the beginning of 1942, the USN Atlantic Fleet had, in Carrier Division 3, the three fleet carriers Ranger, Hornet, and Wasp and the escort carrier Long Island. [ 28 ] Over the course of the war, Allied carriers became increasingly effective. Aircraft from British and American carriers in the Atlantic Theater were used for both offensive and ...
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Operation Berlin (German: Unternehmen Berlin) was a raid conducted by the two German Scharnhorst -class battleships against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic between 22 January and 22 March 1941. It formed part of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
The Second Happy Time (German: Zweite glückliche Zeit; officially Operation Paukenschlag ("Operation Drumbeat"), and also known among German submarine commanders as the "American Shooting Season" [1]) was a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America.
The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II, months before the US officially entered the war. The joint statement, later dubbed the Atlantic Charter, outlined the aims of the United States and the United Kingdom for the postwar world as follows ...