Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Atlantic |
Part of World War II
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![Officers on the bridge.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Officers_on_the_bridge.jpg/300px-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 |
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Belligerents |
United Kingdom
United States (1941–45)
Canada
France (1939–40)
Free France (1940–45)
Poland
Brazil (1942–45)
Netherlands
Norway
Belgium
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Germany
Italy (1940–43)
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Commanders and leaders |
Martin E. Nasmith (1939–41)
Sir Percy Noble (1941–42)
Sir Max K. Horton (1943–45)
Frederick Bowhill (1939–41)
Philip de la Ferté (1941–43)
Sir John Slessor (1943–45) Dudley Pound (1939–43)
Leonard W. Murray
Ernest J. King
Royal E. Ingersoll
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Erich Raeder
Karl Dönitz
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
Martin Harlinghausen
Günther Lütjens †
Angelo Parona
Romolo Polacchini
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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 |
~30,000 sailors killed
783 submarines lost
~500 killed
17 submarines lost |
Germany
Martin E. Nasmith (1939–41)
Sir Percy Noble (1941–42)
Sir Max K. Horton (1943–45)
Frederick Bowhill (1939–41)
Philip de la Ferté (1941–43)
Sir John Slessor (1943–45)
Dudley Pound (1939–43)
Leonard W. Murray
Ernest J. King
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