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Battle of the Atlantic

Battle of the Atlantic
Part of World War II
Officers on the bridge.jpg
Officers on the bridge of an escorting British destroyer stand watch for enemy submarines, October 1941
Date September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945
(5 years, 8 months and 5 days)
Location Atlantic Ocean, Río de la Plata, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 United States (1941–45)
 Canada
France France (1939–40)
 Free France (1940–45)
Poland Poland
Brazil Brazil (1942–45)
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Belgium

 Germany

 Italy (1940–43)
Commanders and leaders

United Kingdom Martin E. Nasmith (1939–41)
United Kingdom Sir Percy Noble (1941–42)
United Kingdom Sir Max K. Horton (1943–45)
United Kingdom Frederick Bowhill (1939–41)
United Kingdom Philip de la Ferté (1941–43)
United Kingdom Sir John Slessor (1943–45)
United Kingdom Dudley Pound (1939–43)
Canada Leonard W. Murray
United States Ernest J. King

United States Royal E. Ingersoll
Nazi Germany Erich Raeder
Nazi Germany Karl Dönitz
Nazi Germany Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
Nazi Germany Martin Harlinghausen
Nazi Germany Günther Lütjens 
Kingdom of Italy Angelo Parona
Kingdom of Italy Romolo Polacchini
Casualties and losses
36,200 sailors killed
36,000 merchant seamen killed
3,500 merchant vessels
175 warships
741 RAF Coastal Command Aircraft lost in anti-submarine sorties
Nazi Germany~30,000 sailors killed
783 submarines lost
Kingdom of Italy~500 killed
17 submarines lost

 Germany

United Kingdom Martin E. Nasmith (1939–41)
United Kingdom Sir Percy Noble (1941–42)
United Kingdom Sir Max K. Horton (1943–45)
United Kingdom Frederick Bowhill (1939–41)
United Kingdom Philip de la Ferté (1941–43)
United Kingdom Sir John Slessor (1943–45)
United Kingdom Dudley Pound (1939–43)
Canada Leonard W. Murray
United States Ernest J. King


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