World Wars, 1914–1945
During the two World Wars the Royal Navy played a vital role in keeping the United Kingdom supplied with food, arms and raw materials and in defeating the German campaigns of unrestricted submarine warfare against Allied commerce. The navy also took part in many other operations right across the globe, opposing the Italian and Japanese fleets.
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