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Wolves At War

The War at Sea The battle of the Atlantic was fiercely fought in 1943. The Germans kept 500 to 700 submarines prowling the sea lanes in wolf packs. They sank about 700 merchant ships before the Allies developed two good defenses against undersea attacks. First, the Allies bombed German submarine bases without letup. Second, they convoyed ships with long-range bombing planes. By the end of the year the Allies had almost ended the submarine menace in the Atlantic.