The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major...
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The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name)...
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This is a timeline for the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) in World War II. August 19, 1939 Five U-boats sail from Kiel and nine from Wilhelmshaven...
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The Mid-Atlantic gap is a geographical term applied to an undefended area of the Atlantic Ocean during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War...
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Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic is a submarine simulator for Microsoft Windows developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth and...
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The following is a table of Allied shipping losses in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. All shipping losses are in Gross Registered Tonnage...
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use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called...
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Salvatore Todaro (naval officer) (category Recipients of the Gold Medal of Military Valor)
participation in the battle of the Atlantic and the two instances in which he towed to safety the lifeboats carrying the survivors of ships he had sunk...
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USS Buckley (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Record of the USS Buckley Photo gallery of USS Buckley at NavSource Naval History Youtube video: USS Buckley vs U-66 during the Battle of the Atlantic 1944:...
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part in the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous campaign of the Second World War. Two clasps were instituted and could be worn on the medal ribbon...
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was a valuable part of the Allies' armoury in detecting German U-boats and commerce raiders during the Battle of the Atlantic. The Kriegsmarine knew that...
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objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in...
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The Battle of the Caribbean refers to a naval campaign waged during World War II that was part of the Battle of the Atlantic, from 1941 to 1945. German...
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Italy in the Battle of the Atlantic. In the Pacific Theater, there was unofficial early US combat activity such as the Flying Tigers. During the war, some...
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Copes, eds. To die gallantly: the battle of the Atlantic (Westview Press, 1994) Sarty, Roger, The Battle of the Atlantic: The Royal Canadian Navy's Greatest...
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The Battle of the River Plate was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first naval battle of the Second World War.[citation needed][clarification...
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Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter...
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The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on...
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countries. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of the War. The Pacific War, fought primarily between China, the United...
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Karl Dönitz (category Grand Crosses of the Order of the Cross of Liberty)
enemy of Allied naval forces in the Battle of the Atlantic. From 1939 to 1943 the U-boats fought effectively but lost the initiative from May 1943. Dönitz...
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Anti-submarine warfare (section Battle of the Atlantic)
numbers, while the British and Canadians were constrained by having to fight the battle of the Atlantic alone for the early part of the war with very limited...
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The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business...
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being termed the "Phoney War". At sea, this time period saw the opening stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. In eastern Europe, however, the agreement between...
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USS Evarts (DE-5) Battle of the Atlantic 1942: USS Wyffels (DE-6) Battle of the Atlantic 1943: USS Griswold (DE-7) shared credit for sinking I-39; Battle of Okinawa...
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The Battle of the St. Lawrence involved marine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower St. Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
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professional sailor." The volumes: Morison, Samuel Eliot (1946). The Battle of the Atlantic: September 1939 – May 1943. Morison, Samuel Eliot (1947). Operations...
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part of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sailed from Germany, operated across the North Atlantic, sank or...
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World War II (redirect from The Origins and Commencement of World War II)
of Britain and the Blitz, and naval Battle of the Atlantic. Through a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany took control of much of continental Europe...
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The Cruel Sea is a 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. It follows the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting the Battle of the Atlantic during the...
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1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German...
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