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It was absolutely vital. It was only through control of the Atlantic sea lanes that vital shipments of food, fuel, ammunition and all other war materiel were able to get to Britain. Had Germany been able to blockade Great Britain then the British would soon have been out of the war, theri people reduced to starvation. And, of course, that was the only way for the American army to get to the European theater after we got in to the war. Michael Montagne

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