During World War two, the longest and most important military campaign between the Allies and the Axis powers took place in the Atlantic Ocean. To maintain hope of victory in the war, the Allies had to provide Britain with the means to continue fighting against Germany. The United Kingdom had a defensive advantage due to the country's geographical features, as the Germans would first have to disable the British Navy if they wanted to invade the British Isles. At the same time, the UK needed huge amounts of imports for the existence of the country and the management of the defense, which could only be delivered in sufficient quantities across the Atlantic Ocean. The Germans were well aware of this, so they sent submarines to the Atlantic to search and destroy Allied cargo ships. The Allies, however, wanted to transport as many raw materials as possible across the Atlantic and lose as few ships as possible in transit. The result was a fierce clash between the warring parties above and below the surface of the Atlantic. The development of technology in the field of submarine and anti-submarine warfare played a decisive role in atlantic campaign. The effectiveness of perceiving, locating, and destroying the enemy decided the victor of this campaign and, consequently, of World War two.
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