Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An sami ci gaba a kusan kowane bangare na yaƙin teku, musamman tare da masu jigilar jiragen sama da jiragen ruwa. Kodayake yakin basasa ba shi da nasara sosai a farkon yakin, ayyukan a Taranto
, Pearl Harbor, da kuma Coral Sea sun kafa mai ɗaukar hoto a matsayin babban babban jirgin ruwa a maimakon jirgin ruwa. A cikin Atlantic, masu ɗaukar jiragen ruwa sun tabbatar da kasancewa wani muhimmin ɓangare na 'yan tawayen Allied, suna kara yawan kariya mai kyau da kuma taimakawa wajen rufe ratawar Mid-Atlantic. Har ila yau, masu sufuri sun fi tattalin arziki fiye da jiragen ruwa saboda ƙananan farashin jiragen sama kuma ba su buƙatar zama kamar yadda aka yi musu makamai. Jirgin ruwa na karkashin ruwa, wanda ya zama makami mai tasiri a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, duk ɓangarorin sun yi tsammanin za su kasance da muhimmanci a na biyu. Birtaniya sun mayar da hankali kan ci gaba da makamai da makamai masu linzami, irin su sonar da convoys, yayin da Jamus ta mayar da hankali kan inganta ikonta na kai hare-hare, tare da zane-zane irin su jirgin ruwa mai suna Type VII da wolfpack. A hankali, inganta fasahar Allied kamar hasken Leigh, hedgehog, squid, da homing torpedoes sun tabbatar da nasara a kan jiragen ruwa na Jamus.