Short History of the Battle of the Atlantic 1941 - 1945 by Admiral Ingram USN | Battle for the Shipping Lanes 1941 - 1945
1945, All Hands, War at Sea

The Battle for the North Atlantic
(All Hands, 1945)

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Throughout the course of World War II, there were three admirals who commanded to U.S. Atlantic Fleet: King, Ingersoll and Ingram. It was Admiral Jonas Ingram (1887 – 1952) who wrote the attached article about battle for the Atlantic:


“The Atlantic Fleet’s record speaks for itself. Since the declaration of war we have escorted 16,760 ships across the Atlantic. Of these, less than a score were sunk in convoy…We know definitely that we sunk 126 U-boats…”


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