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What was the primary cause for allied shipping losses from U boat attacks to decline after may 1917?
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What was the primary goal of the d-day invasion of Normandy?
to put allied forces back into Europe which then allowed allied force to attach the Germans
What was the biggest threat to allied shipping in the Atlantic ocean in world war 1?
There are lots of different threats like cross cantamination between contries. Sighed 9er
Who was the leader of Al Qaeda network during the 911 attacks?
The leader was Osama Bin Laden. He was assassinated in May 2011 by allied special forces after he was discovered hiding in Pakistan.
What happened at the battle of the Atlantic?
The Battle of the Atlantic was a see saw maritime action which began in 1939 with the commencement of hostilities and only ended with the defeat of Germany in May 1945. The allied goals were to blockade Germany by sea; to defeat the U-boat menace; and to keep open the supply lines between the U.S. , Britain, and the U.S.S.R. The German goal was to destroy allied shipping. The battle was a strategic victory for the allies. The cost was heavy on both sides: 3,500 allied merchant ships and 783 German submarines were sunk.
Main German menace to Allied Shipping?
During World War I, the main German menace to the shipping of the Allied powers came through the modern submarine. While warships of various kinds were also utilized with some effectiveness, it was the submarine that caused drastic losses to merchant ships and very nearly starved Great Britain into surrender.
Most of the Allied attacks on Germany were by?
air
Germany you-boats attacks Britain in world war 2 in which vital water route?
German U-boats attacked Allied shipping convoys in the North Atlantic to try and starve Britain into submission and they nearly succeeded.
Targets of the allied attacks were mostly?
factories and oil refineries
What was the name of the groups of German submarines that preyed on Allied shipping?
u-boats
What was the out come of the battle of the bulge?
The outcome of the battle was that is was an German failure and a Allied victory. After this, the Germans quickly decline from the western front towards Berlin to protect it and Germany from Allied occupation.
The strategy of island hopping in the pacific involved allied attacks on?
Only islands that were not well defended.
What was the primary target of German Submarines in World War 1?
Allied cargo ships were the Germans primary targets.
What are the three primary Allied nations?
The United States, Britain and Russia.
What was the name of a group of greman u-boats operating together to attack allied shipping?
A wolf pack.
What helped to reduce the threat to allied shipping by German submarines in ww1?
Destroyers, aircraft, and the convoy system.
What was a group of German U-boats that operated together to attack Allied shipping in the Atlantic?
Wolf pack
Why was the allied takeover of Iwo Jima and Okinawa important?
So the allies can get closer to japan to stage attacks on them
