Channel: Eastory

Category: Education

Tags: u-boatkriegsmarinebattle of atlanticworld war ii

Description: During World War II Germany attempted to defeat the Great Britain by sinking its merchant fleet with its U-boat arm. This drew it into a prolonged struggle for technological supremacy with the Allies. The video discusses how new weapons and technologies influenced the Battle of Atlantic. Patreon: patreon.com/Eastory Sources: 1) Uboat.net 2) Wikipedia 3) John Keegan - Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda (2003) 4) Jonathan Dimbleby - The Battle of the Atlantic : how the allies won the war (2016) 0:32 - The Enigma Machine: Enigma Machine at the Imperial War Museum, London. Photo: Karsten Sperling commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EnigmaMachine.jpg 0:48 - Map of the Atlantic - Google Maps. 1:15 - Helmet decal of Kriegsmarine. Users Lancaster and F l a n k e r. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine#/media/File:Kriegsmarine_insignia_casco.svg 1:20 - Flag of the Admiralty Board. User: Wally Wiglet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Board_(United_Kingdom)#/media/File:Flag_of_the_Admiralty_Board.svg 1:21 - Flag of the United Kingdom. User: Anomie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg 02:02 - XCOM: Enemy Unknown autopsy scene. 02:14 - Minesweeper. 02:29 (and later) - Locations of ships sunk by the Axis - uboat.net. uboat.net/allies/merchants Graph - Goal - 300 000 tonnes per month. Statistics - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losses_during_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic 03:42 - Typex cipher machine. The Crypto Museum. cryptomuseum.com/crypto/uk/typex/index.htm 04:40 - Graph "New goal" - 700 000 tonnes per month 08:13 - U.S. Navy diagram of a Type XXI U-boat. User: Megapixie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_XXI_submarine#/media/File:SRH025-p40.jpg