Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II to defeat the Germans in 1945. The British Royal Navy repeated the blockade of Germany of World War II, and Germany repeated its attempt to blockade Britain by using U-boats. The German Navy also tried to use surface warships in the Atlantic Ocean, but lost them in various battles.

Battle of the Atlantic
Part of the Second World War
DateSeptember 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945
(5 years, 8 months and 5 days)
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 United States[lower-alpha 1]
 Brazil[lower-alpha 2]
Other participants:
 Nazi Germany
 Italy[lower-alpha 4]
 Vichy France[lower-alpha 5]
Commanders and leaders
Dudley Pound
Andrew Cunningham
Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
Percy Noble
Max Horton
Frederick Bowhill
Philip de la Ferté
John Slessor
Leonard W. Murray
Royal E. Ingersoll
Jonas H. Ingram
Erich Raeder
Karl Dönitz
Günther Lütjens 
Otto Schniewind
Alfred Saalwächter
Wilhelm Marschall
Theodor Krancke
Martin Harlinghausen
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 U-boat sailors killed
783 submarines lost
47 other warships lost
~500 killed
17 submarines lost


Notes

  1. 1941-1945
  2. 1942-1945
  3. 1939-1940
  4. 1940-1943
  5. 1940-1942
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