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and History podcast, the fight for control of Atlantic Sea routes during World War II.

For the Allied powers, the battle had three objectives, blockade of the access powers in Europe,

security of Allied sea movements, and freedom to

project military power across the seas. The Axis in turn hope to frustrate Allied use of the

Atlantic to wage war. Coming up, University of Notre Dame professor Ian Ona Johnson discusses the

contest to control Atlantic seaots during World War II.

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All right.

Welcome back, students.

Today we're going to be discussing the Battle of the Atlantic.

Got a couple of key questions we'll be attempting to analyze today.

First was the Battle of the Atlantic, as one of your authors has suggested, the most important

victory in the Second World War. With that in mind, can we assess how much it reshaped the

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