As we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day "Lectures in History" looks at the World War II Battle of the Atlantic. Sit in on a class with Notre Dame military history professor Ian Ona Johnson on the contest for control of Atlantic sea routes. Watch, Saturday, 8pm ET on C-SPAN 2 https://www.c-span.org/video/?530322-1/world-war-ii-battle-atlantic | American History TV

The Battle of the Atlantic was brutal. 36,200 Naval / 36,000 merchant Navy killed and 3,500 merchant vessels / 175 warships / 741 RAF Coastal Command aircraft lost in anti-submarine sorties. It was the longest Battle of WW2 lasting from the start to the end of the war in Europe. #WW2 #HISTORY | British & Commonwealth Forces