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8 unusual facts about Battle of the Atlantic


Anti-submarine warfare

Once the US was able to ramp up construction of destroyers and destroyer escorts, as well as bringing over highly effective anti-submarine techniques learned from the British from experiences in the Battle of the Atlantic, they would take a significant toll on Japanese submarines, which tended to be slower and could not dive as deep as their German counterparts.

Battle of the Atlantic

This allowed the codebreakers to break TRITON, a feat credited to Alan Turing.

Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool

The Maritime Chapel of St Mary del Quay was dedicated in 1993 as part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.

Leigh light

The Leigh Light (abbreviated L/L) was a British World War II era anti-submarine device used in the Second Battle of the Atlantic.

Midland and South Western Junction Railway

A large ammunition store was established north of Savernake in July 1940; US troops operated it, supplying armaments during the Battle of the Atlantic, and it later became especially important in the build-up for the Invasion of Normandy in 1944.

Strathfoyle

Its location beside Londonderry Port was ideal for Navy vessels and the port was later used for the capture and destruction of German U-Boats after the Battle of the Atlantic.

Surface warfare

For example, German naval objectives against Britain during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic were primarily focused on preventing ships from arriving intact with their cargoes.

Tonnage war

Although the primary venue for the campaign was the North Atlantic, Dönitz sent U-boats and surface raiders to all corners of the globe in search of the most efficient way to sink the maximum number of ships at minimum cost.


Invergordon railway station

On 26 November 1944, RAF Short Sunderland DD851 of the 4th Operational Training Unit departed Cromarty Firth, RAF Station Alness on an anti-submarine patrol of the North Sea off the coast of Scotland.

Outward Bound

Fuller had been seconded from the Blue Funnel Line following wartime experience during the Battle of the Atlantic of surviving two successive torpedo attacks and commanding an open lifeboat in the Atlantic ocean for thirty-five days without losing a single member of the crew.

Thomas Joseph Simpson

Simpson joined the Royal Canadian Navy and trained as a radar operator on three ships during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Western Approaches

The term is most commonly used when discussing naval warfare, notably during the First World War and Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War in which the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) attempted to blockade the United Kingdom using submarines (U-boats) operating in this area.

Wolf pack Hecht

Hecht (English : "Pike") was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 8 May to 18 June 1942.


see also

Air gap

Mid-Atlantic gap was the area not covered by American, British or Canadian air support during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II

Leuthen

Wolf pack Leuthen, a group of German U-boats that operated during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II