Battle of the Atlantic

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
World War II campaign
gptkbp:casualties 783 U-boats destroyed
over 100,000 personnel killed
over 175 warships sunk
over 3,500 merchant ships sunk
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Karl_Dönitz
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Ernest_King
gptkb:Max_Horton
gptkb:Percy_Noble
gptkb:Erich_Raeder
gptkb:William_Halsey_Jr.
gptkbp:endDate 1945-05-08
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Atlantic
gptkbp:location gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Gulf_of_St._Lawrence
gptkb:North_Sea
coastal waters of North America
gptkbp:mainTactic convoy system
air patrols
codebreaking (Ultra)
radar and sonar use
wolfpack tactics
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence
gptkb:Black_May
gptkb:Operation_Drumbeat
U-boat campaign
convoy battles
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:Bismarck
gptkb:HMS_Activity
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Audacity
gptkb:HMS_Avenger
gptkb:HMS_Biter
gptkb:HMS_Bulldog
gptkb:HMS_Campania
gptkb:HMS_Cossack
gptkb:HMS_Dasher
gptkb:HMS_Fencer
gptkb:HMS_Hood
gptkb:HMS_Nairana
gptkb:HMS_Pursuer
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Starling
gptkb:HMS_Tracker
gptkb:HMS_Vindex
gptkb:HMS_Walker
gptkb:HMS_Wild_Goose
gptkb:SS_Athenia
gptkb:U-47
gptkb:U-99
gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkbp:objective control of Atlantic sea routes
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean
gptkb:Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance longest continuous military campaign of World War II
gptkbp:startDate 1939-09-03
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Irish_Sea
gptkb:marine
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4