76TH BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC/1939-1945, SUNDAY, MAY 02, 2021@16:02-WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN, A DOUBLE HEADER…ON BATTLESHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS, INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC (EUROPEAN THEATER).
Note: It is RATHER-RESEARCH IS THE REWARD; AS, I AM NOT A BIG WARSHIP FANATIC, AND ACTUALLY, MY RESEARCH CONCERNING W.W.II NAVAL HISTORY…INCLUDES WARSHIPS FROM CRUISERS-AIR CRAFT CARRIERS-ESCORT CARRIERS-MAC SHIPS…IN SIZE, DOWN TO FLOWER CLASS CORVETTES, AFTER THE DESTROYERS, SLOOPS, FRIGATES, and TO ALL FORMS OF ESCORT WARSHIPS…THAT WERE CONVOY ESCORTS.
ANYWAYS, BIG WARSHIPS…SUCH AS THE BIG BOATS and BIG GUNS for BIG BOYS…AS POSTED, CAN HAVE YOU ENJOYING THIS BLOG, CONCERNING OUR LONGEST AND MOST DECISIVE CAMPAIGN OF W.W.II/1939-1945, THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC!!!
Blog Credit: BOATSFORBIGBOYS.
Yours Aye: Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany’s subsequent counter-blockade. It was at its height from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943. The Battle of the Atlantic pitted U-boats and other warships of the Kriegsmarine (German navy) and aircraft of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) against the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, the United States Navy, and Allied merchant shipping. The convoys, coming mainly from North America and predominantly going to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, were protected for the most part by the British and Canadian navies and air forces. These forces were aided by ships and aircraft of the United States from September 13, 1941. The Germans were joined by submarines of the Italian Royal Navy(Regia Marina) after their Axis ally Italy entered the war on June 10…
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