1939 ⟶ Hitler Orders Pocket Battleships to Atlantic

Hitler orders the pocket battleships Deutschland and Admiral...
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🚢 Hitler Orders Pocket Battleships to Atlantic

Hitler orders the Deutschland-class_cruiser" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline dark:text-gray-300 dark:underline dark:hover:text-gray-100">pocket battleships Deutschland and Admiral Graf Spee to go on a long-range rampage in the Atlantic against allied shipping, the former going to the Northern Atlantic and the latter to the Southern.⟶
Hitler Orders Pocket Battleships to Atlantic (1939)
GermanyAtlantic OceanPocket BattleshipsAdmiral Graf SpeeDeutschlandShippingNaval WarfareU-boatsWorld War IIWarfare

🚢 SS Athenia Torpedoed, Beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic

Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS Athenia, a British cruise ship en route from Glasgow, UK, to Montreal, Canada, is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles (400 km) Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed. The "Battle of the Atlantic" starts.⟶
SS Athenia Torpedoed, Beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939)
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🇩🇪 German U-boats Ordered to Attack British Ships

German authorities order U-boats to immediately take action against all British ships, but sparing French ships and in strict observance of prize rules.⟶
German U-boats Ordered to Attack British Ships (1939)
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⚓ Hitler Declares Blockade of British Isles

Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.⟶
GermanyUKBlockadeNaval WarfareAtlantic OceanWarfareU-boatsTradeWorld War II

🚢 Convoy Losses in Mid-Atlantic

Huge convoy losses in mid-Atlantic this week.⟶
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🚢 U-boats Withdraw from US Atlantic Coast

Battle of the Atlantic: German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions in response to an increasingly effective American convoy system.⟶
U-boats Withdraw from US Atlantic Coast (1942)
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