General

• The Conduct of the War at Sea, an essay by Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz

• Building the Navy's Bases in World War II:
  Chapter 19-- Bases in the North Atlantic
• History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II:
  • The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1943
  • The Atlantic Battle Won, May 1943-May 1944
• United Kingdom Military Series: History of the Second World War:
  • War at Sea 1939-1945, Volume 1: The Defensive, Roskill, S. W.
  • War at Sea 1939-1945, Volume 2: The Period of Balance, Roskill, S. W.
  • War at Sea 1939-1945, Volume 3: The Offensive, Part 1, Roskill, S. W.
  • War at Sea 1939-1945, Volume 3: The Offensive, Part 2, Roskill, S. W.

The German Surface Fleet

• The Conduct of the War at Sea, an essay by Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz
• Sink the Bismarck!

The Convoys

• Codes used to designate convoys (eg: "ON" = Liverpool to New York, fast")
• World War Two Merchant Shipping Movement Cards (British Admiralty)
• Wartime Instructions for United States Merchant Vessels (U.S. Fleet, Hq of Commander in Chief, 1942)
• History of Convoy and Routing (Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Commander, Tenth Fleet) [UNITED STATES NAVAL ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II]
• Commander Task Force Twenty-Four Support Force, Atlantic Fleet (Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet) [UNITED STATES NAVAL ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II]
• United States Fleet Anti-Submarine and Escort of Convoy Instructions (Fleet Training Publication 223A, 1945) -- including British-United States Escort of Convoy Instructions (BUSCI)
• Naval Armed Guards (U.S. Navy): [UNITED STATES NAVAL ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD WAR II]
  Arming of Merchant Ships and Naval Armed Guard Service
  History of the Naval Armed Guard Afloat, World War II
• Convoy HX72 & U-100 (September 1940)
• Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941-1945 (1992: World Ship Society, Kendal, England)
• How to Abandon Ship, by Phil Richards & John J. Banigan

"Armed Neutrality"

• Neutrality Instructions--U.S. Navy--1940
• Northern Outpost: Marines in the Defense of Iceland [USMC 50th Anniversary Commemorative History]
• Iceland in World War II

The War Against the U-Boats

• Kapitaenleutnant Guenther Prien's (U-47) attack on the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow (Sinking of HMS Ark Royal)
• ASW in World War II (Operations Evaluation Group Report No. 51)

• "Special Research Histories" (National Security Administration):
  • Battle of the Atlantic, Vol. I "Allied Communications Intelligence, December 1942-May 1945" [SRH-009]
  • Battle of the Atlantic, Vol. II "U-Boat Operations--December 1942 to May 1942 including German U-boats and raiders in the Indian and Pacific Oceans" [SRH-008]
  • Battle of the Atlantic, Vol. III "German Naval Communication Intelligence", by OP-20-G. [SRH-024]
  • Battle of the Atlantic, Vol. IV "Technical Intelligence from Allied C.I., 1941-1945" [SRH-025]
  • ULTRA and the Campaign Against the U-boats in World War II [SRH-142]
  • Blockade-Running Between Europe and the Far East by Submarines, 1942-44 [SRH-019]
• The U-Boat War in the Caribbean: Opportunities Lost

• The Coast Guard and the North Atlantic Campaign in World War II
• The Coast Guard and the Greenland Patrol
• The Battle of the Atlantic: Allied Naval intelligence in World War II
• SIGINT, heavy use of in anti-submarine warfare, World War II
• Winn and Knowles: Winning the U-boat War with Intelligence, 1939-1943, by David Kohnen (review)

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