The campaign divides into a northern battle in which NATO carriers contest bombers, submarines, and bastion defenses, and an Atlantic battle in which Victors and maritime aircraft attack reinforcement convoys. Iceland becomes pivotal because disabling its airfields and sensors opens space between those two zones. In the convoy battle, helicopter carriers, patrol aircraft, surface escorts, and early detection can wear down Soviet attackers before they reach the merchants. The result depends on commanders, morale, and repeated attrition rather than one clean engagement, while success in either zone changes the pressure in the other.
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The war divides into a forward carrier battle and a convoy battle
Carrier groups fight Soviet bombers and bastion defenses in the north while Victors and maritime aircraft contest reinforcement convoys farther south.