Battle of the Atlantic
Total War:
is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent engages in a mobilization of all available resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise, in order to entirely destroy or render beyond use their rival's capacity to continue resistance
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Concentrated Areas of Fighting
East Coast of North America-Gulf of St Lawrence
West Coast of British Isles
North Sea/Atlantic
West Coast of Africa
“Black Pit”
Reasons for Success:
Axis Powers 1940-1942
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Allies 1942-1943
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Wolf Pack Strategy
Nazi Emphasis-$$$ and effort in Navy Blockade
Allies underestimated U-boats
Limited Air Protection
Britain’ s reliance on imports=vulnerability
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Convoy Strategy
SONAR=early detection
Increased Air Protection
Introduction of Corvettes-Fast & Versatile
Nazi De-emphasis-turning points in other theatres=
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