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When was the battle of the Atlantic
Between 1939-1945
What was the battle of the Atlantic
It was the German effort to stop British ships reaching Britain with supplies
How did Germany start the battle of the Atlantic
The Germans started with a balanced attack of ships mines and aircraft but eventually they mostly used u boats hunting British ships
Why did Britain’s win
The British used convoy systems the convoys used sonar to find u boats ultra allowed them to decode messages and the allies built 20 million more ships than the Germans sunk
What was operation Barbarossa
When Germany betrayed the ussr and invaded them
What happened in operation Barbarossa
The German army flooded Russia and wiped out the red army but the German army used a scorched earth strategy the German army reached stalingrad then froze to death