Battle of the Atlantic
Longest naval battle of WWII
Date and location: September 3, 1939 - May 8, 1945 North Atlantic Ocean
Parties Involved
Germany/United States of America/United Kingdom/Canada/Norway/Netherlands
France/Poland/Italy/Belgium
German Sailors- 40,000
More than 160,000 sailors belonging to the Allied Powers
Technology Used
About 30,000 German U-Boats
More than 3,000 British ocean vessels
More than 1,000 British large coastal ships
Italian Submarines- 27
Canadian Vessel- 434
Casualties
British merchant navy- 30,132 casualties, 2,603 British merchant ships sunk, 175 allied navy vessels sunk.
German navy- 28,000 casualties, 783 U-boats sunk.
Allied navy- 130,000 casualties, 5,150 ships sunk
Technology
The new convoy system, U-boats, Italian submarines, long range aircraft, sea mines, radar for escorting warships, and aircraft carriers.
Significance
Blockade of the Axis then soon followed by a counter blockade by the Axis.
Ended in an Allie victory leading to the end of the war.
WWII Battle of Atlantic Infographic
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