Why the Battles of the Atlantic are underrepresented

Why are the two Battles of the Atlantic, especially the First World War campaign, underrepresented in public memory?

They were distant, prolonged campaigns whose effects were felt indirectly and whose gravest dangers governments often concealed to avoid panic.

Both Atlantic struggles were distant, extended theatres rather than single visible battles. Civilians experienced their danger indirectly through shipping losses and shortages, making the campaigns harder to picture. Governments also managed information to avoid panic when submarine warfare threatened the food supply. The panel argues that Germany came closer to starving Britain in the First World War than in the Second, leaving a decisive logistical struggle obscured by its lack of one dramatic battlefield.