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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

Hesperus
, 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

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