Axis aircraft, warships, and submarines sought to strangle Britain’s maritime supply lines, starve Britain into submission, and prevent the build-up of resources vital to liberating Europe.
The longest military campaign of the war, the Battle of the Atlantic ran from 1939 to 1945, peaking between mid-1940 and December 1943. Axis aircraft, warships, and submarines sought to strangle Britain’s maritime supply lines, starve Britain into submission, and prevent the build-up of resources vital to liberating Europe.