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When was the battle of the Atlantic

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Between 1939-1945

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What was the battle of the Atlantic

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It was the German effort to stop British ships reaching Britain with supplies

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How did Germany start the battle of the Atlantic

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The Germans started with a balanced attack of ships mines and aircraft but eventually they mostly used u boats hunting British ships

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Why did Britain’s win

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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

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What was operation Barbarossa

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When Germany betrayed the ussr and invaded them

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What happened in operation Barbarossa

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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

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