The Battle of the Atlantic
The U-Boat Peril
•U-Boats using forward bases in France and Norway
•U-Boats begin hunting in ‘wolf packs’ (Britain had to bring in rationing)
•Germans fight a tonnage war
The Convoy System, Depth Charges and Escorts
•Convoys are used to get ships safely across the Atlantic
•Protected by destroyers
•Depth charges, Asdic, hedgehog, radar and long range aircraft and carrier based aircraft all help cure the problem
The Mid-Atlantic Gap and How it is Closed
•Range of bombers increased
•Carrier based aircraft
•More warships
•U-Boats using forward bases in France and Norway
•U-Boats begin hunting in ‘wolf packs’ (Britain had to bring in rationing)
•Germans fight a tonnage war
The Convoy System, Depth Charges and Escorts
•Convoys are used to get ships safely across the Atlantic
•Protected by destroyers
•Depth charges, Asdic, hedgehog, radar and long range aircraft and carrier based aircraft all help cure the problem
The Mid-Atlantic Gap and How it is Closed
•Range of bombers increased
•Carrier based aircraft
•More warships
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Summary- Using U-boats set up in, "wolf packs," the Germans tried to sink the British boats. Britain dropped depth charges to collapse the hulls of opposing submarines and would also slam their boats into the sides of the German U-boats; therefore enabling themselves the victory of Battle of Atlantic.