Torpedo Alley

Torpedo Alley
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic
Date1942–1945
Location
off North Carolina, Mid Atlantic Ocean
Result German victory
Belligerents
 United States
 United Kingdom		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Harold Rainsford Stark
Ernest King
Royal Ingersoll		 Nazi Germany Karl Dönitz
Nazi Germany Robert-Richard Zapp
Nazi Germany Rolf Mützelburg
Casualties and losses
~5,000 killed
397 ships sunk[1]		 100 killed
40 captured
3 submarines sunk[2][3][4]

The Torpedo Alley, or Torpedo Junction, off North Carolina, is one of the graveyards of the Atlantic Ocean, named for the high number of attacks on Allied shipping by German U-boats in World War II. Almost 400 ships were sunk, mostly during the Second Happy Time in 1942, and over 5,000 people were killed, many of whom were civilians and merchant sailors. Torpedo Alley encompassed the area surrounding the Outer Banks, including Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras.[1]

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