Prologue The Battle of The Atlantic lasted for more then six years, the entire duration of the war. It claimed over a thousand ships, and many thousands of lives. The war was started by the Germans, for the first two years they dominated the British Navy. Packs of German U-boats would surround British merchant or military ships and torpedo them. The invention of sonar turned the tide in the Battle of The Atlantic, it allowed the British to find German U-Boats and then drop depth charges on them. The Battle of the Atlantic had a big effect on the outcome of the war. Without beating the Germans at sea the Allies never could have launched an invasion on the mainland. Two comments. Churchill said, " Battles might be won or lost, enterprises succeed or miscarry, Territories might be gained or quitted, but, dominating all our power to carry on the war, or even keep ourselves alive, was our mastery of the ocean routes, and free approach and entry to our ports. The only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril." In World War 2, 1939-1945. Allied Merchant Navy Personnel.  | The War Stories
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