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  2. Battle of the Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Atlantic has been called the "longest, largest, and most complex" naval battle in history. [15] The campaign started immediately after the European war began, during the so-called "Phoney War", and lasted more than five years, until the German surrender in May 1945. It involved thousands of ships in a theatre covering millions ...

  3. Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    The largest air-sea battle in history. • Operation Queen: was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river. • Battle of Mindoro • Battle of Vianden: The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces. • Battle of the Bulge

  5. Atlantic Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II

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    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.

  6. Black May (1943) - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic campaign was a tonnage war; the UBW needed to sink ships faster than they could be replaced to win, and needed to build more U-boats than were lost in order not to lose. Before May 1943, the UBW was not winning; even in their worst months, the majority of convoys arrived without being attacked, while even in those that were ...

  7. Mid-Atlantic gap - Wikipedia

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    The Mid-Atlantic gap was an area outside the cover by land-based aircraft; those limits are shown with black arcs (map shows the gap in 1941). Blue dots show destroyed ships of the Allies. The Mid-Atlantic gap is a geographical term applied to an undefended area of the Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

  8. Western Approaches Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Western Approaches Museum in Liverpool, England, is a museum chronicling the work of Western Approaches Command around Atlantic convoys, combating the U-boat menace and the Battle of the Atlantic. Set in the restored former Second World War command centre responsible for coordinating the effort, the museum consists of re-opened rooms ...

  9. Category:Battle of the Atlantic - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic; 0–9. Action of 17-18 August 1942; Action of 4 April 1941; Action of 27 March 1942; Actions of 5–6 May 1945;