Battle of the Caribbean

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Battle of the Caribbean
Part of Battle of the Atlantic
Date September 3, 1939 to May 7, 1945 Location Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico Result Allied Victory
Belligerents
Royal Navy United States Navy  Cuba  Netherlands	Kriegsmarine
Commanders
Sir Percy Noble Sir Max K. Horton Ernest J. King	Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz

v • d • e Atlantic Campaign River Plate – Altmark – SC-7 – HX-84 – HX-106 – Berlin – Denmark Strait – Bismarck – Channel Dash – St. Lawrence – Laconia – PQ-17 – Barents Sea – North Cape – Second happy time Timeline

The Battle of the Caribbean was fought during World War II (1942-1946). German U-boats attempted to disrupt the Allied supply of oil and other material. They sank shipping in the Caribbean Sea and attacked the oil refinery in Aruba. Improved Allied anti-submarine warfare eventually drove the U-boats out of the Caribbean, resulting in an Allied victory.

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Cubans sunk a German submarine in WWII