U-boat campaign in the North Atlantic

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U-boat_campaign_in_the_North_Atlantic
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate 1945
gptkbp:goal disrupt Allied shipping
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U-boat campaign in the North Atlantic
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:method submarine warfare
gptkbp:notableAlliedCommander gptkb:Admiral_Ernest_King
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Max_Horton
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Percy_Noble
gptkbp:notableAlliedResponse convoy system
Ultra intelligence
escort carriers
long-range patrol aircraft
improved anti-submarine weapons
gptkbp:notableAxisTactic wolfpack tactics
minelaying
night surface attacks
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Karl_Dönitz
gptkbp:notableEvent Convoy battles
Black May (1943)
gptkbp:notableLoss thousands of merchant ships sunk
over 700 U-boats lost
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:marine
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance critical to Allied supply lines
major factor in outcome of World War II
gptkbp:startDate 1939
gptkbp:technology gptkb:Enigma_machine
gptkb:Huff-Duff
Radar
Depth charges
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Paukenschlag
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7