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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 ...
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.
Liverpool to the Atlantic Ocean 7 September 1939 21 July 1941 345 merged with OA convoy in the southwest approaches - ON and OS convoys replaced OB convoys ON Methil, Fife to Bergen: 1939 1940 PW Portsmouth to Wales: SD Iceland to River Clyde: military ferry service SG Southend-on-Sea to Grimsby: 1940 1940 SILVERTIP
This air route was known as the North Atlantic Route, and became one of the major transport and supply routes of World War II. The North Atlantic Route was initially operated by the 23d Army Air Forces Ferrying Wing , Army Air Forces Ferrying Command , initially headquartered at Presque Isle Army Air Field , Maine.
The Atlantic Wall (German: Atlantikwall) was an extensive system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defence against an anticipated Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe from the United Kingdom, during World War II.
A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.
Greco-Italian War (28 October 1940 to April 1941) Invasion of Yugoslavia (Operation Punishment) (April 1941) Battle of Greece (Operation Marita) (April 1941) Crete (Operation Mercury) (May–June 1941) World War II in Yugoslavia (April 1941 to May 1945) Iraq (2–31 May 1941) Syria-Lebanon (8 June – 14 July 1941) Iran (25–31 August 1941)
Map of the maritime security zone created by the Declaration of Panama in October 1939, based on straight lines between points about 300 nautical miles offshore.. During the early years of World War II before the United States became a formal belligerent, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a region of the Atlantic, adjacent to the Americas, as the Pan-American Security Zone.