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The Mediterranean was an attractive theater of operations to the German Admiralstab; a significant proportion of British imports passed through it, it was critical to French and Italian trade, and submarines would be able to operate effectively in it even in autumn and winter when poor weather hampered Atlantic and North Sea operations. Additionally, there were certain choke points through which shipping had to pass, such as the Suez Canal, Malta, Crete, and Gibraltar. Finally, the Mediterranean offered the advantage that fewer neutral ships would be encountered, such as US or Brazilian vessels, since fewer non European citizens then travelled the waters.

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Nakay702 · ベストアンサー

以下のとおりお答えします。地中海が、ドイツ軍にとって都合のよい海域である、ということの理由を挙げています。（なお、第1段落の＊…＊の間に４語ほどの脱落が見つかりましたので、訂正し、それに準拠して訳します。）

＞The Mediterranean was an attractive theater of operations to the German *Admiralstab*; a significant proportion of British imports passed through it, it was critical to French and Italian trade, and submarines would be able to operate effectively in it even in autumn and winter when poor weather hampered Atlantic and North Sea operations.
→The Mediterranean was an attractive theater of operations to the German *Admiralstab's war on Allied commerce*; a significant proportion of British imports passed through it, it was critical to French and Italian trade, and submarines would be able to operate effectively in it even in autumn and winter when poor weather hampered Atlantic and North Sea operations.
⇒地中海は、ドイツ軍のアドミラルシュタップ（海軍参謀本部）にとって連合国の商船に対する魅力的な作戦の部隊であった。英国の、かなり多くの割合の輸入品がそこを通るので、そこはフランスやイタリアの貿易船にとっての危険海域で、潜水艦としては、大西洋と北海での作戦が妨げられる悪天候の秋・冬でも、そこでは効果的に作戦展開することができた。

＞Additionally, there were certain choke points through which shipping had to pass, such as the Suez Canal, Malta, Crete, and Gibraltar. Finally, the Mediterranean offered the advantage that fewer neutral ships would be encountered, such as US or Brazilian vessels, since fewer non European citizens then travelled the waters.
⇒さらに、スエズ運河、マルタ島、クレタ島、ジブラルタルなど、船舶が通らなければならない一定のチョークポイント（泣き所）があった。最後に、地中海では米国船やブラジル船などの中立国の船舶とはあまり遭遇しないという利点が（同盟軍側に）あった。当時、非ヨーロッパ市民はその水域をあまり旅行しなかったからである。

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