<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 United States ( 1941 -- 45 ) Canada 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 sailors killed 783 submarines 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 United States ( 1941 -- 45 ) Canada 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 sailors killed 783 submarines lost ~ 500 killed 17 submarines lost </Td> </Tr> </Table>
where did the battle of the atlantic take place
where did the battle of the atlantic take place
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
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