Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
Found in 153 Collections and/or Records:
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 30 Mar 1943 - 08 Jun 1943
Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 27 Jul 1943 - 13 Oct 1943
Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes (some by WSC as First Lord of the Admiralty) and other material., 19 May 1939 - 06 Dec 1939
Speeches: miscellaneous biblical, literary, and historical quotations, and notes for use in speeches by WSC, in a file marked: "Keep handy for the Prime Minister"., 16 Nov 1937 - 1945
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 15 Feb 1942 - 15 Mar 1942
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 12 Oct 1942 - 06 Dec 1942
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 11 May 1943 - 30 Jun 1943
Speeches: speech notes and other material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
Speeches: speech notes and other material., 14 Jul 1941 - 11 Nov 1941
Speeches: speech notes and other material., 08 Dec 1941 - 21 Jan 1942
Speeches: speech notes (by WSC as First Lord of the Admiralty) and other material., 20 Jan 1940 - 29 Feb 1940
Speeches: speech notes (some by WSC as First Lord of the Admiralty) and other material., 08 Aug 1939 - 24 Jan 1940
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1944
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" reporting that there has been a lull in U-boat activity during September 1944.
(Untitled), 01 May 1945 - 31 May 1945
(Untitled), 17 Dec 1942
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1942
Telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special adviser and assistant to the President of the United States], commenting on immense numbers of sinkings of tankers in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic and possible solutions.
(Untitled), 17 Mar 1942
Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding naval matters: suggests that the United States reinforce the British Home Fleet and that British ships are used to replace the HYPO Force or to do the whole escorting job [to Diego Suarez, Madagascar, in operation "Ironclad"]; states that tanker sinkings are very disturbing; comments on the role of American destroyers and trawlers in the Atlantic; suggests measures for dealing with the submarine menace.
(Untitled), 18 Mar 1942
Telegram from the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, to WSC outlining details of the United States naval force assigned to report for temporary duty with the British Home Fleet; states that a similar detachment will be kept on "this side" to "head off enemy when he comes into open Atlantic.".
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 20 May 1941
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt commenting on the severity of the battle of Crete [Greece] and asking for sightings of German convoy including Bismarck and Prince Eugen recently departed from Bergen [Norway]. With memorandum on US naval patrols and U-Boat action in the Atlantic, with list of ships sunk west of 26 degrees west between 31 March and 20 May 1941.
(Untitled), 29 May 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC on possible joint United States and British protection for the Portuguese Atlantic islands (Azores and Cape Verde); and the suggestion that United States might assume responsibility for occupation of Iceland, and that in the future American pilots might transport planes for Britain as far as Iceland.
(Untitled), 30 May 1941
(Untitled), 30 May 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC reporting that "United States warships are in fact cruising around the islands" [?Atlantic Islands, Azores and Cape Verde].
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945
Bar chart showing British, Allied and neutral merchant tonnage "lost by enemy action" between September 1939 and May 1945.