Battle of the Atlantic
September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945
Longest continuous campaign of the Second World War, in which German U-boats and aircraft tried to cut the Allied sea routes across the Atlantic. Convoys, air cover, radar and broken German codes turned the campaign against the U-boats in 1943.
Battles 4
May 18–27, 1941
Operation Rheinübung
Atlantic Ocean
May 24, 1941
Battle of the Denmark Strait
Denmark Strait
February 13, 1942
Channel Dash
English Channel
March 28, 1942
St Nazaire Raid
Saint-Nazaire
