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The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continious military campaign of WWII. pitted U-boats and other warships of the German Navy against Allied convoys.
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It showed that England was going to keep on fighting instead of giving in to Germany. It was the first loss that the Germany suffered after a string of magnificent victories that made them seem invincible. England's victory meant that Germany could not launch Sealion, the invasion of England.
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First naval battle in history where opposing ships never fired upon or attacked each other. The entire battle was fought by planes from carriers.
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The Battle of Midway stopped Japanese advancement. They had no great victories after that. They lost four of their largest carriers and their naval pilots.
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the U.S needed an air base to attack the Marianas Islands so they chose Tarawa as the air base. It was a stepping stone to our taking the Marianas. However, the tropical winds were almost impossible to sustain.
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pretty much the last throw of the dice for the Germans in the west. They gathered together all the reinforcements and equipment they could find and commited them to one last offensive. The German defeat meant that they had nothing left to oppose.
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