Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)
Found in 153 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [May 1941]
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC promising extra supplies for the Middle East; expressing belief that Atlantic will be decisive theatre; and reporting that Ambassador William Leahy [United States Ambassador to Vichy France] believes Marshal Henri Petain [President of the Vichy Republic] has support of French, but will be ignored by Germans infiltrating Morocco.
(Untitled), 14 May 1941
Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC with detailed assessment of likely German attack: Ukraine Caucasus, Middle East plus French Africa, Britain and the Atlantic. With note in the hand of John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] that the Dominions Office have asked for this telegram to be circulated to the War Cabinet and Defence Committee.
(Untitled), 16 May 1941
Telegram from WSC to General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] agreeing with assessment; Middle East has been fortified, western Mediterranean more doubtful; United States aid in Atlantic essential; Hitler massing forces against Russia.
(Untitled), 21 May 1941
(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), 20 Jun 1941
Telegram from WSC to Wendell Wilkie asking him to be cautious "lest in trying to galvanize American opinion" he discloses information which may dishearten British merchant seamen.
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1942
Letter from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] with major points of joint strategy: expansion of shipping convoys against U-boat attack; increase of food imports in 1943; more American troops to Britain; increasing bombing, night bombing and using aircraft against U-boats.
(Untitled), 12 Nov 1942
Letter from WSC to David Robertson explaining that an Anti-U-boat Warfare Committee is considering the need for specialist aircraft to protect shipping.
(Untitled), 23 Jul 1942
Letter from WSC to Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] thanking him for the note on Soviet convoys, stressing the importance of controlling sea communications.
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1941
Telegram from Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] to WSC reporting his discussion with President Roosevelt regarding timing of publicity relating to arrival of first contingent of United States forces in Iceland.
(Untitled), 29 Jun 1941
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1941 - 31 Mar 1941
(Untitled), 04 Apr 1941
Telegram from WSC to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on shipping protection against U-boats. [first page only of message, second page at CHAR 20/37/91].
(Untitled), 04 Apr 1941
Telegram from "former naval person" [WSC] to President [Franklin] Roosevelt on naval escorts.
(Untitled), 16 May 1941
(Untitled), 14 May 1941
Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC on probable German fronts for the summer: he believes Hitler will attack Britain before Ukraine or Caucasus [Soviet Union]; to invade Britain requires prior bombing of ports, aerodromes, munitions and industrial centres; war of attrition in Atlantic and heavy attack on Mediterranean basin. [Copy].
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1941
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt on the expansion of the American merchant shipbuilding programme and commenting on the destruction of enemy submarines and merchant vessels.
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1941
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt on plan for the defence of the Atlantic: He comments on implications of U-boat attacks for convoys and escorts, and regrets Senator Wheeler's indiscretion revealing the destination of United States expedition recently departed from Newfoundland [later part of Canada] for Iceland. [Telegram has been bound incorrectly, with first page at back].
(Untitled), [04 Apr 1941]
[Telegram from WSC to President Franklin Roosevelt on shipping protection against U-boats; second page of message, first page at CHAR 20/37/25].
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1941
Telegram from "former naval person" [WSC] to President [Franklin Roosevelt] on: a change in United States policy on the Atlantic [see further CHAR 20/37/113-115]; uncertainty of the Greek situation; confidence in the Libyan-Egyptian position; reporting on the sinking of a German-Italian convoy off Malta.
(Untitled), 11 Apr 1941
Telegram from President [Franklin Roosevelt] to the Former Naval Person [WSC] on the United States' change of policy in the Atlantic: to include the extension of the security zone to whole of North Atlantic west of longitude 25 degrees; informing the United Kingdom of the position of aggressor ships; escorting of British convoys. [see also CHAR 20/37/97].
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1941
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt regarding U-boats in the Atlantic; and detailing assistance required.