Battle of the Atlantic (1941-1945)

The ongoing struggle of the ___ to keep open her shipping lanes to Britain.

• allies

• German

• axis

• Italy

The ongoing struggle of the allies to keep open her shipping lanes to ___.

• Britain

• Germany

• France

• Italy

Most allied ships were sunk by ___ hunting in groups called ‘Wolf Packs’.

• steamboats

• U-Boats

• cargo boats

• clipper boats

Most allied ships were sunk by U-Boats hunting in groups called ‘ (a)   ’.

What changed in 1943 to ‘turn the tide’ against the U-boats?

1. Long range aircraft cooperation with naval support groups using (a)   .

2. Allies were punching through the soft underbelly of Europe (beat up mussolini)

3. Indiscriminate bombing of German cities (bombing of German cities)

4. Raids of French ports - U-Boats were deployed to these locations (bombing of French ports)

5. American involvement in the war.

What changed in 1943 to ‘turn the tide’ against the U-boats?

1. Long range aircraft cooperation with naval support groups using radar

2. Allies were punching through the soft underbelly of ___ (beat up mussolini)

3. Indiscriminate bombing of German cities (bombing of German cities)

4. Raids of French ports - U-Boats were deployed to these locations (bombing of French ports)

5. American involvement in the war.

• Europe

• Germany

• USA

• North Africa

What changed in 1943 to ‘turn the tide’ against the U-boats?

1. Long range aircraft cooperation with naval support groups using radar

2. Allies were punching through the soft underbelly of Europe (beat up mussolini)

3. Indiscriminate (a)   of German cities (bombing of German cities)

4. Raids of French ports - U-Boats were deployed to these locations (bombing of French ports)

5. American involvement in the war.

What changed in 1943 to ‘turn the tide’ against the U-boats?

1. Long range aircraft cooperation with naval support groups using radar

2. Allies were punching through the soft underbelly of Europe (beat up mussolini)

3. Indiscriminate bombing of German cities (bombing of German cities)

4. Raids of (a)   ports - U-Boats were deployed to these locations (bombing of French ports)

5. American involvement in the war.

What changed in 1943 to ‘turn the tide’ against the U-boats?

1. Long range aircraft cooperation with naval support groups using radar

2. Allies were punching through the soft underbelly of Europe (beat up mussolini)

3. Indiscriminate bombing of German cities (bombing of German cities)

4. Raids of French ports - U-Boats were deployed to these locations (bombing of French ports)

5. (a)   involvement in the war.

Significance of the Battle of the Atlantic:

1. It kept the supply lines open, the “ (a)   ” between North America & Britain.

- Could not run the war without supplies.