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On 5 March 1941, the First Lord of the Admiralty, A. V. Alexander, asked Parliament for "many more ships and great numbers of men" to fight "the Battle of the Atlantic", which he compared to the Battle of France, fought the previous summer. [20] The first meeting of the Cabinet's "Battle of the Atlantic Committee" was on 19 March. [21]
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 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.
Battle of the Atlantic: 1941-05-07 1941-05-10 United Kingdom Germany: Allies Action of 8 May 1941: Indian Ocean: 1941-05-08 United Kingdom Germany: Allies Operation Brevity: Western Desert campaign: African Front: 1941-05-15 1941-05-16 United Kingdom Australia Germany Italy: Inconclusive Last battle of Bismarck: Battle of the Atlantic: 1941-05 ...
Name Start Date End Location Campaign U.S. Casualties Result Opposing Force Notes Battle of the Atlantic: September 13, 1941 May 8, 1945 Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuously running battle of World War II in the Atlantic theater. [35] It was principally a strategic contest between the Allies and Axis powers to deny each other the use of oceanic shipping for transporting troops and vital supplies.
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) . Month, year
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.