Battle Of Atlantic Essay

The Battle of Atlantic was the longest and largest sea battle during World War II . World War II began on September 3rd 1939, two days after German forces stormed into Poland. The Battle of the Atlantic began shortly after the declaration of War, but there is no official date of commencement. The Battle did not end until the defeat of Germany in May of 1945. The Battle was between the Allied powers, Great Britain, Canada and the United States, and the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. Both forces were looking to take control over the Atlantic, as this would give the winning force control over the sea routes. The Allies wanted to keep these routes open to allow supplies and reinforcements to reach the frontlines and the Axis wanted to shut down these routes to stop the supplies from reaching their enemy. Canada’s Navy, Merchant Navy and Air Force played a central role in the outcome of the 6-year Battle. Canada’s primary concern was to keep the sea routes open, and this is where Canada put most of their troops . Canada was capable of playing such a …show more content…
The Air Force displayed their presence in attempt to deter the German U-boats from attacking the convoys that were on route to supply our troops overseas. When a convoy would leave, the planes would fly over the convoy until sonar and radio transmission from base was broken. From there they would return to base and wait for the next convoy that they would watch over. With the Air Force flying over, the German U-boats would usually not attack as they would be greatly outnumbered and basically going into a suicide battle. Without the help form the Air Force, the merchant navy would’ve had only the two destroyers and two cruisers to protect them, and when the “wolfpack” tactic was implemented, the four navy ships would not have been powerful enough to defend the