Commanders Winn and Knowles: Winning the U-Boat War with Intelligence 1939-1943 - Softcover

Kohnen, David

9788386110346: Commanders Winn and Knowles: Winning the U-Boat War with Intelligence 1939-1943

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8386110341 ISBN 13: 9788386110346

Publisher: The Enigma Press, 1999

At the strategic core of the Allied naval effort in the Battle of the Atlantic were Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Commander Rodger Winn of the Admirality Operational Intelligence Center and U.S. Navy Commander Kenneth Knowles of the U.S. Navy "F-21 Atlantic Section". Together, Winn and Knowles influenced the most pivotal decisions and operations in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and other naval theaters as well. They fostered an atmosphere of Anglo-American cooperation that was once described by Patrick Beesly as "probably closer than between any other British and American organizations in any service and in any theater".

The purpose of the present study is to reassess some previously established assumptions about the Winn and Knowles team. Fresh perspectives and conclusions will be offered drawn from recently accessible documents and photographs.

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About the Author:

David Kohnen joined The Mariners' Museum staff in August 1994. He has served as an Infantry Company Commander in the U.S. Army and currently carries the rank of Lieutenant (j.g.), U.S. Navy Reserves. Kohnen earned a B.A. degree in History at the University of Iowa in 1993. Concentrating in the field of military history, he earned an M.A. degree in History at Old Dominion University in 1997. As a Mariners' Museum curator, Kohnen specializes in maritime and naval history. He has completed primary archival research in the United States and Europe and is currently writing "The Cruise of U-188: Ultra and the 'Liquidation' of the First Monsun Group"- a case study about the tactical role of Allied "signals intelligence" in undermining joint Axis submarine operations in East Asian waters between 1942 and 1945.

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