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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