<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Battle of the Atlantic </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Officers on the bridge of an escorting British destroyer stand watch for enemy submarines , October 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> September 3 , 1939 -- May 8 , 1945 ( 5 years , 8 months and 5 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied Victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom Canada United States ( 1941 -- 45 ) France ( 1939 -- 40 ) Free France ( 1940 -- 45 ) Poland Brazil ( 1942 -- 45 ) Netherlands Norway Belgium </Td> <Td> <P> Germany </P> Italy ( 1940 -- 43 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 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 </P> Royal E. Ingersoll </Td> <Td> Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Hans - Georg von Friedeburg Martin Harlinghausen Günther Lütjens † Angelo Parona Romolo Polacchini </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> ~ 30,000 U-boat sailors killed 783 submarines lost 47 other warships lost ~ 500 killed 17 submarines lost </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Battle of the Atlantic </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Officers on the bridge of an escorting British destroyer stand watch for enemy submarines , October 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> September 3 , 1939 -- May 8 , 1945 ( 5 years , 8 months and 5 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied Victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom Canada United States ( 1941 -- 45 ) France ( 1939 -- 40 ) Free France ( 1940 -- 45 ) Poland Brazil ( 1942 -- 45 ) Netherlands Norway Belgium </Td> <Td> <P> Germany </P> Italy ( 1940 -- 43 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 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 </P> Royal E. Ingersoll </Td> <Td> Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Hans - Georg von Friedeburg Martin Harlinghausen Günther Lütjens † Angelo Parona Romolo Polacchini </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> ~ 30,000 U-boat sailors killed 783 submarines lost 47 other warships lost ~ 500 killed 17 submarines lost </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the battle of atlantic start and end
when did the battle of atlantic start and end
September 3 , 1939 May 8 , 1945
September 3 , 1939 May 8 , 1945