What the records say
- When
- 14 Jan 1942 – 31 Aug 1942
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 0.00° N, 30.00° W
- Description
- 1942 Informal name for a phase in the battle of the Atlantic
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Second Happy Time
Period of German sinking of merchant ships off the East Coast during the Second World War
The Second Happy Time was a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America. The First Happy Time was in 1940–41 in the North Atlantic and North Sea. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini declared war on the United States on 11 December 1941, and as a result their navies could begin the Second Happy Time.
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