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by Michael Gannon


  alternatives to, xxii-xxiii

  Atlantic Convoy Instructions, 115, 178, 191 codes for, 57, 104

  corvettes in, 83–84, 147–54, 305

  destroyers in, 83–84, 148–49, 150, 288, 305, 311

  improvements in, 56–62, 73–77, 87–100, 110–14, 226–30, 350, 353–62

  independent sailing versus, xxii-xxiii, 60

  losses of ships in, xix-xxi

  major routes, 57

  in 1942 vs. 1943, xxii

  size of convoys, 59, 111–12

  value of, 86–87

  Cook, W. E, 169–70

  Coppock, Robert M., 162–63

  Corabella, 18, 20

  Core, U.S.S, 392

  Corvettes, 83–84, 147–54, 305

  Cossack, H.M.S, 117

  Cowey, Leonard, 124

  Cowichan, 231

  Cremer, Peter “Ali,” 395–96

  Cripps, Stafford, 247

  Crist, Marion, 372

  Cruel Sea, The (Monsarrat), 102, 149, 152

  Curio, Oskar, 355

  Cuthbertson, Charles, 152–53

  Cyclops (freighter), 85

  Dahlhaus, Eberhard, 187, 224, 274

  Damsell, Herbert Arthur, 174

  Das Boot (Buchheim), 36

  Das Boot (film), 36

  Dea, J. C, 172–73

  Debden, H. J, 275

  Deecke, Joachim, 185, 194–96

  D.E.M.S. (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) rating, 4

  Depth charge (D/C) settings, 61–63, 89–91, 98

  Destroyers, 83–84, 148–49, 150, 288, 305, 311

  Dianthus, 190

  Dierksen, Reiner, 375–76

  Dieterichs, Horst, 197

  Director, 189

  Dolius, M.V, 116, 182, 187–89, 197, 219

  Dönitz, Karl, xvii-xix, xxii-xxiii, 1, 46, 48, 51–54, 57–59, 78–87, 244, 258, 259, 266, 274, 280, 330, 333, 346, 348, 359, 363, 378–81, 388–91, 394

  Battle for Convoy ONS.5 and, 126, 127, 139, 154, 155, 158, 165, 185, 195, 202, 205, 221, 224–29, 239

  communication technology and, 49, 64, 68, 69, 97, 99, 107–8, 143

  deployment of forces by, 102–3, 105

  orders to attack survivors, 21–22

  Pearl Harbor and, 79

  tonnage battle and, xix-xxi, xxiii-xxiv, xxvii-xviii

  Type VII boats and, 6–7

  and U-boat war in Central Atlantic and Outer Seas, 383–85

  Dönitz, Peter, 356–57

  Doty, Stewart E, 367

  Downer, F. A. J, 167, 174

  Drane, William M, 363–64, 367

  Drewitz, Hans-Joachim, 274

  Drumheller, H.M.S, 347

  Duncan, H.M.S, 69, 117, 119, 121, 123–25, 130–31, 133, 136, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 353–54, 358, 361

  Dunsley, 189

  Eamshaw, Norman, 266

  Eck, Heinz, 22

  Edinburgh, H.M.S, 345

  Electric Storage Battery Company, 340

  Elton, J. B, 67–68

  Empire Gazelle, 231–32

  Empress of Scotland, 343

  Endrass, Engelbert, 48, 287

  Enigma machines, 49–53, 55, 56, 65, 86, 100, 127, 129, 219, 227, 229, 334, 339

  Ensor, M. A. “Mike,” 98

  Escort Group B7, 118–23, 160, 232, 240, 353–55, 358

  Escort Scouting Squadron Nine (VGS-9), 363–71

  Falow, Gerhard, 41–42

  Fana, 116

  Faulknor, H.M.S, 332

  FIDO (Mark XXIV Mine), 331, 340–46, 350, 360, 377

  “First Charge” declaration, 109

  First Escort (Support) Group, 146, 203, 232, 234, 237, 355

  Fleetwood, H.M.S, 136, 375

  “Flower” class corvettes, 83–84, 147–54

  Flying Fortress (Boeing B-17), 73, 160–61

  Foertsch, Karl-Heinz, 285–88, 317, 318–19

  Folkers, Ulrich, 79, 165, 212

  Förster, Heinz, 335, 348

  Fort Concord, 334–35, 345

  Frederick II, 384

  Freeman, A. G, 25

  French, William M, 278

  Frieherr von Forstner, Siegfried, 347–48

  Furth, F. R, 70

  Gall, Douglas M, 278–79

  Gait, 231

  Gates, John, 200

  Gelhaus, Harald, 27–29, 31–32, 44, 212

  General Electric Company, 340

  George E. Badger, 365

  Germania, 297–98, 304, 323–24

  German Naval War Staff, xxiii

  German Search Receiver (G.S.R.), 99–100, 310–11, 313–14, 391

  Gharinda, 198–201

  Gilbert, W. J, 173

  Glasgow, H.M.S, 42

  Göbbels, Josef, 317

  Godt, Eberhard, 108, 244, 258, 259, 266, 280, 333, 346, 348, 359, 363, 378, 394

  Battle for Convoy ONS.5 and, 126, 127, 143, 154, 155, 158, 185, 202, 221, 224–25, 227–29

  Göing, Walter, 377

  Goldsmith, Howard O, 153–54

  Göllnitz, Heinrich, 351–52

  Gordon, C. E, 91–92

  Göring, Hermann, 314, 315

  Gough, E., 25–27

  Government Code and Cipher School (GC&CS), 49–51, 53–56, 68–69, 74, 86, 108, 127, 129, 158

  Graph, H.M.S., 63, 242–43

  Greene, U.S.S., 365

  Greswell, Jeaff, 97, 343

  Gretschel, Günter, 166–67, 176, 185, 203–4, 206, 359

  Gretton, Peter William, 69, 117–23, 125, 128–31, 133, 136–37, 139–45, 147, 190, 234–37, 239, 240, 253, 353, 355, 358, 359, 360–61, 390–91, 394

  Gruppe Amsel, 126, 155–58, 220, 224, 333

  Gruppe Bleichrodt, 79, 81

  Gruppe Donau, 351, 354, 357, 361, 366–67, 372

  Gruppe Drossel (Thrush), 32, 40–41, 197, 333–34, 337–40, 344–45, 347

  Gruppe Elbe, 220, 333–34, 347, 349

  Gruppe Fink (Finch), 155–60, 166, 175, 185, 201–4, 220, 224–27, 229, 332

  Gruppe Hardegen, 79

  Gruppe Haudegen, 68

  Gruppe Iller, 351

  Gruppe Inn, 351, 357

  Gruppe Isar, 331–32, 351

  Gruppe Landsknecht, 68

  Gruppe Lech, 351

  Gruppe Meise, xxiv, xxvi, 122, 126, 127

  Gruppe Mosel, 366–67, 372

  Gruppe Nah, 351

  Gruppe Oder, 354, 357, 361

  Gruppe Rhein, 220, 333–36, 337, 347

  Gruppe Specht, 122, 126, 127, 154–56, 159–61

  Gruppe Star (Starling), 128–38, 143–44, 154–56, 159–61, 222, 375

  Gudvor, 116, 125, 189

  Gurkha, H.M.S., 66

  Hannover, 336

  Happe, Werner, 193, 209–10, 230

  Haraldsberg, 319

  Harbury, S.S., 169, 170, 171–74, 177, 195

  Hardegen, Reinhard, 79–82

  Harperley, 172–73, 177, 180

  Harriman, Avereil, 110, 253

  Harris, Arthur T., 251–53

  Hart, Raymond, 117, 176–77, 187, 205–8

  Hartley, John M., 268–69

  Hartmann, Götz von, 275

  Hartmann, Werner, 287

  Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory (HUSL), 340

  Hasenschar, Heinz, 156, 167–71, 195, 202, 225, 274

  Hasty, H.M.S., 176

  Haupt, Hans-Jürgen, 250

  Hauser, Karl, 286

  Hazlett, Clifford, 164

  Head, C. D., 198–200

  Hecla, H.M.S., 2, 105

  Hedgehogs, 63, 100, 121, 134, 191–92

  Heine, Karl-Franz, 362

  Heinsohn, Heinrich, 164, 221

  Helmore Light, 97

  Henke, Werner, 4–9, 11–17, 21–27, 105

  Convoy TS.37 attack, 14–27

  Henke, Werner (cont.)

  personal background, 11–12

  U-515, xxviii,1–3, 8–17, 40, 44, 50, 184–85

  Hennig, Helmut, 219

  Hesemann, Siegfried, 348

  He
sperus, H.M.S., 66, 347–49

  Hessler, Günter, 48, 63, 228, 229, 386, 388

  Heydemann, Günther, 209, 223

  Higgs, W. G., 29–32

  High-frequency direction-finding (HF/DF), 64–70, 72, 86, 103, 127, 128

  Hildebrandt, Hans, 358

  Hill, A. V., 87–88

  Himmler, Heinrich, 314

  Hinsch, Hans-Peter, 67

  Hinsley, Francis Harry, 54, 56

  Hitler, Adolf, xxvii, 21, 22, 24, 46, 58, 78–79, 85–86, 107, 314, 317–18, 330, 379–81, 384–85, 394

  Hobbs, David, 337

  Hoffmann, Eberhard, 287

  Hood, H.M.S., 176

  Hopmann, Rolf-Heinrich, 269

  Hornkohl, Hans, 258

  Horrocks, Harry, 374–75

  Horton, Max, 105–7, 113–14, 121, 128–29, 133, 175, 217, 236–39, 394

  Howell, Wiley, 97

  Hungershausen, Heinz, 358

  Huth, Walter, 376

  Hüttemann, Eberhard, 250, 258

  Hyderabad, H.M.S., 377

  Hydrophone effect, 72

  Icarus (Coast Guard cutter), 84

  Impulsive, 144, 145

  Ingersoll, Royal E., 362–63

  Ingram, J. P. A., 179, 211–12, 222

  International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), 65–66

  Isabel, 116

  Ivan Topic, 116

  Jed, H.M.S., 146, 220, 222, 230, 231, 355–58

  Jensen, Kurt, 362

  Jessen, Rolf von, 197, 201, 272

  Johannsen, Hans, 369–70

  Joubert de la Ferté, Philip, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 100, 109, 110

  Jouett, U.S.S., 376

  Junker, Ottoheinrich, 137, 138, 185, 195

  Kahn, David, 56–57

  Kals, Ernst, 79

  Kameke, Horst-Tessen von, 163

  Kandier, Hans-Albrecht, 136

  Kelly, William, 21

  Kemp, Peter, 65

  Kendrew, John C., 90

  King, Ernest J., 74, 75, 79, 83–86, 109, 256, 344, 362

  Kipling, Rudyard, 148, 330

  Kitchener, H.M.C.S., 353

  Klotzsch, Helmut, 43–44, 282, 284, 292, 293–97, 310–11, 316, 317–18, 328–29

  Knelson, Harry, 161

  Knox, Frank, 141, 257

  Koch, Heinz, 358, 377

  Kohler, Hermann, 282, 327–28

  Köhler, Walter, 284

  Kota Tjandi, 17, 18

  Kottmann, Hermann, 336

  Kretschmer, Otto, 24, 48–49, 287

  Kruschka, Max, 187

  Kuhn, Roger C. “Bud,” 367–68

  Kummer, Heinz, 377

  Lagan, H.M.S., 339, 347

  Lamby, Hermann, 258

  Lance, H.M.S., 66

  Lange, Gerhard, 359

  Langmuir, J. W. C. “Jack,” 163–64

  Lassen, Georg, 82

  Latimer House transcripts, 282–329

  Leamington, H.M.S., 66

  Lea, U.S.S, 365, 366

  Leggett, P., 20–21

  Lehmann-Willenbrock, Heinrich, 36

  Leigh, Humphrey de Verde “Sammy,” 96–98, 343

  Leigh Light (L/L) Wellingtons, 96–100, 109, 343

  Lemp, Fritz-Julius, 50, 58, 206

  Ley, Robert, 317–18

  Liberator heavy bomber (Consolidated), 73–76

  Lima, Oscar A. de, 243

  Lindemann, F. A. (Lord Cherwell), 87–88, 110, 247, 251

  Loewe, Odo, 163, 218, 356

  Lohmann, Dietrich, 337, 346

  Long Island, U.S.S, 336

  Looks, Hartwig, 171–72, 184, 185, 195

  Loosestrife, 117, 121, 125, 160, 169, 183–84, 202, 209–10, 222, 230, 231, 353, 361

  Lorient, 165–66

  Lorna, 190

  Low, Francis S. “Frog,” 362–63

  Luftwaffe, 98–99

  Luigi Torelli, 97, 343

  MacDonald, R, 267

  Macintyre, Donald, 118, 347–49

  MacKenzie, U.S.S, 376

  MacLellan, M, 200

  Mainprize, Maxwell S, 278

  Malcolm, H.M.S, 23–24

  Manke, Rolf, 180–84, 193–95, 197

  Manley, Walter John, 165

  Mannhardt von Mannstein, Alfred, 347

  March, Adolf, 282, 299, 310–11, 313–14, 326, 327, 328

  MARFLEET. See Battle for Convoy ONS.5.

  Marks, Friedrich, 257

  Mark XXIV Mine (torpedo), 331, 340–46, 350, 360

  Marshall, George C, 85

  Massenhausen, Wilhelm von, 139, 359–60

  McAuslan, Alexander C. “Goose,” 365

  McCoy, J. A, 144–45, 160, 179, 201, 216–17, 222, 237, 240

  McKeesport, 116, 138–41, 145, 156–58, 225, 359

  Metox, 15, 99, 228, 244, 245, 258

  Migliorini, Augusto, 97

  Mignonette, H.M.S, 136, 375

  Milchkühe (milch cows), 82–83, 128, 166, 274

  Millard, R. C., 377

  Minol, 61, 134, 349

  Mitchell, Stuart, 45

  Modlin, 123

  Moffett, U.S.S., 376

  Moffitt, B. H. “Barry,” 161–62

  Mohr, Johann, 82

  Mokambo, 24

  Monsarrat, Nicholas, 102, 149, 152

  Morosini, 343

  Morton, Dudley Walker, 22

  Müller, Heinrich, 177, 185, 272–73

  Müller-Stockheim, Günther, 3

  Murray, L. W., 232–35

  Mützeiburg, Rolf, 82

  Nagel, Karl-Heinz, 351

  Nagina, 17–18

  Naxos-U, 245, 386, 391

  Neckel, Herbert, 206

  Neide, Kurt, 264–66

  Newton, George, 21

  Nicolas, 116

  Nields, U.S.S., 376–77

  Niemeyer, Heinrich, 15

  Noble, Percy L. H., 82, 88, 105, 106

  North Britain, 167, 174

  Northern Gem, 117, 140, 141, 145

  Northern Spray, 117, 125, 160, 167, 170, 172–74, 353

  Nürnberg, International Military Tribunal at, 21–22

  Offa, H.M.S., 132, 144, 146, 156, 159, 160, 166, 179, 186, 188–89, 199, 201, 202, 216–17, 222, 235, 236, 237

  O’Kane, Richard, 195–96

  Operation Derange, 257–81, 289

  Operation Drumbeat (Paukenschlag), 79–82, 165

  Operation Enclose I, 257, 281

  Operation Enclose II, 257, 258, 259

  Operation Gondola, 248–50

  Operation Torch, 103–5

  Opolka, Werner, 285–87, 316–17, 325, 327

  Opportune, H.M.S., 345, 346

  Orchis, H.M.S., 71, 150

  Oribi, H.M.S., 132, 141–42, 144, 146, 156, 159, 160, 166, 179, 186–87, 199, 201, 202, 210–11, 214, 222, 235, 236

  Osmond Ingram, U.S.S., 365

  Osprey, H.M.S., 117, 190

  Ottinge, 188

  Otto, Paul, 179–80, 185

  Oulton, Wilfrid E., 269, 271–72, 276–79, 394

  Outer Seas, 94, 383–85

  Page, Robert Morris, 70

  Panther, 144, 145, 233–34

  Pathfinder, H.M.S., 336–37, 345, 346

  Paukenschlag (Drumbeat), 79–82, 165

  PBY-5A Catalinas (Consolidated), 73, 74

  PBY-5 Catalinas (Consolidated), 73, 74

  Pearl Harbor, 78–79, 85, 340

  Peleus, S.S., 22

  Pelican, H.M.S., 146, 220–22, 230, 231, 355

  Penhale, 125

  Penn, 144, 145, 233–34

  Petroleum Industry War Council, 83

  Philante, (H.M.S.), 106

  Phillips, Peter W., 264–66

  Phillips, R. G, 183

  Pich, Helmuth, 166, 185, 271

  Piening, Adolf, 389

  Pietzsch, Werner, 276

  Pink, H.M.S., 117, 132–33, 142–43, 144, 150, 152, 160, 169, 189–93, 196, 202, 203, 220, 222, 223, 232, 235, 353

  Planned Flying and Maintenance, 91–93

  Plomer, J,
136, 188, 214–19

  Poel, Gustav, 184, 185, 358, 359

  Poland, 316–17

  Popp, Klaus, 226

  Portal, Charles F. A., 109

  Port Victor, M.V. (refrigerator ship), 27–32

  Poser, Günter, 395

  Pound, Dudley, xxii, xxiii, 250–52, 254–55

  Pratt, E. J., 120, 230

  Price, Alfred, 76, 258–59

  Prien, Günther, 46, 48–49

  Primrose, 335

  Prisoners of war (British), 315, 317–18

  Prisoners of war (German), 282–329

  experiences at sea, 285–305

  morale of, 303–4, 325–29

  from U-659/U-439 collision, 41–44

  U-boat bases and, 314–25

  weaponry and detection gear, 305–14

  Probert, Henry, 392–93

  Proctor, J. R. E., 359–60

  PROCTOR (Mark XXIV Mine), 331, 340–46, 350, 360

  P.615, H.M.S., 362

  Pückler und Limpurg, Wilhelm Heinrich Graf von, 143, 357

  Purkhold, Hubertus, 185

  Rabenau, Georg von, 136, 375

  Radar, 15, 64, 69, 70–73, 76, 95, 97, 99–100, 103, 227–28, 244–45, 249, 258–60, 288, 311–13, 387

  Radiogoniometer, 64

  Raeder, Erich, 107–8

  Rahn, Wilhelm, 282, 324, 329

  Randall, John, 71

  Rapid, H.M.S, 23–24

  Rasch, Hermann, 3

  Rass, Heinz, 313

  Raushenbush, Stephen, 241–50, 254, 257, 259–60, 280, 281, 390, 391

  Rauschenbusch, Walter, 242

  Reed, William, 149, 151

  Regensburg, SS, 42–43, 289, 291, 298, 314

  Reid, H. E., 232–33

  Rena, 116, 121, 230

  Rendel, J. M., 90

  Reuben James, U.S.S, 79

  Rhodes, Dusty, 368

  Rhododendron, H.M.S., 190

  Roberts, Gilbert Howlands, 101–2, 105–6, 118, 175, 253, 390–91

  Roberts, H. S. “Stinky,” 365, 370

  Robertson, G. W., 90

  Robertson, Neil, 26

  Rockets, 362, 372–75

  Röhm, Ernst, 24

  Rohwer, Jürgen, 45, 69–70, 187

  Rommel, Erwin, 79, 119

  Roosevelt, Franklin D, 75, 109, 110

  Rosenstiel, Jürgen von, 97

  Rösing, Hans-Rudolf, 286

  Roskill, Stephen W., xx, xxi, 45, 205, 238–39. 392–93

  Rossiter, Geoffrey G, 270–71

  Rossmann, Hermann, 357

  Rotterdam Gerät, 244–45, 390–91

  Rowe, A. P., 87–88

  Rowland, J. M, 219

  Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command, 388, 392

  Royal Air Force (RAF) Coastal Command, xix, xviii, 73–77, 87–110

 

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