Battle of the Atlantic (WWII)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Over 100,000 Allied sailors and merchant seamen killed
Over 30,000 German U-boat crew killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Karl_Dönitz
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Ernest_King
gptkb:Max_Horton
gptkb:Erich_Raeder
gptkbp:endDate 1945-05-08
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Atlantic (WWII)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(documentary)
gptkb:Das_Boot_(film)
gptkb:Greyhound_(film)
The Cruel Sea (novel and film)
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_Memorial,_Halifax
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_Memorial,_Liverpool
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Enigma_code_breaking
gptkb:Wolfpack_tactics
gptkb:Sinking_of_RMS_Lusitania
gptkb:Sinking_of_Bismarck
gptkb:Sinking_of_HMS_Hood
Convoy system
gptkbp:objective Control of Atlantic sea routes
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Merchant_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence
gptkb:Battle_of_the_River_Plate
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Paukenschlag
gptkb:Operation_Teardrop
gptkb:Operation_Drumbeat
gptkb:Operation_Deadlight
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:shipsSunk 783 German U-boats
Over 175 Allied warships
Over 3,500 Allied merchant ships
gptkbp:significance Longest continuous military campaign of WWII
Vital for supply lines between North America and Europe
gptkbp:startDate 1939-09-03
gptkbp:technology gptkb:Hedgehog_anti-submarine_weapon
Sonar
Radar
Depth charges
Escort carriers
Long-range patrol aircraft
Ultra intelligence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:South_Atlantic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5