Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)

Battle of the Atlantic
Part of World War II
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 (1939–40)  Free France (1940–45) Poland Brazil (1942–45)  Netherlands  Norway  Belgium	Germany  Italy (1940–43)
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	Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Martin Harlinghausen Günther Lütjens † Angelo Parona 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	~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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