At the beginning of 1943, the German U-boats were sinking Allied merchant ships faster than Allied shipyards could build new ones.
But by June, Allied technological superiority in radar, electronics, and ASW aircraft definitively turned the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
Prelude No. 24, “The Storm.”
Composed in 1839 by Frédéric Chopin. Public domain.
Performed by Ivan Ilic and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC-BY-3.0 license. Source.
Closing War Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.