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1 Naval Defense in the Second World War presented by: Will Siegal

2 United States ●Peak: 6,768 ships (1945)-28 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships,71 escort carriers,72 cruisers, 232 submarines, 377 destroyers, other supply ships ●Key during “island hopping” campaign in Pacific vs.Japan o Key Battles: Midway, Philippine Sea, Okinawa ● Pearl Harbor: over 400 aircraft/ships sunk or damaged, but not aircraft carriers

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4 Japan ●Peak: 25 carriers, 12 battleships, 43 carriers, 169 destroyers, 184 submarines ●Yamato, heaviest battleship in history (72,000 tons) ●Key battles: Pearl Harbor, Okinawa ●used suicide planes, boats, torpedoes and scuba divers

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6 Germany (Kriegsmarine) ●sinking of Bismarck proved heavy loss in sea battle against Britain ●Utilized U-boats (irrelevant after start of war) ●Plan Z: naval plan by Hitler in 1939 to revitalize navy: 249 submarines,158 destroyers, 50 cruisers, 10 battleships, others ●used for invasion of Norway and Poland, fought losing Battle of Atlantic with US

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8 Britain ●largest fleet in world with 15 battleships, 66 cruisers, 184 destroyers, 60 submarines, 45 escort vessels, scores other in construction ●suffered huge losses early in war, including 3,000 when Lancastria, troopship, sunk ●sunk the Bismarck (big deal) and Scharnhorst of Germany ●weaker air fleet

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10 Statistics page

11 Questions ●What ships/were not affected during Pearl Harbor, proving vital later in the Pacific? ●What was the name of the German naval plan for revitalization of the fleet? ●Which major ship did the British sink, turning the tide on the war of the seas against Germany?

12 Answers 1.Aircraft Carriers 2.Plan Z 3.Bismarck

13 Sources ●http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA- WH-Guard/USA-WH-Guard-3.htmlhttp://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA- WH-Guard/USA-WH-Guard-3.html ●http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/ww2- german-warships.asphttp://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/ww2- german-warships.asp ●http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/ ●http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htmhttp://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm ●http://www.world-war-2.info/statistics/http://www.world-war-2.info/statistics/

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