Editing Battle of the Atlantic (section)

==Name==
On 5 March 1941, the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough|A. V. Alexander]], asked [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] for "many more ships and great numbers of men" to fight "the Battle of the Atlantic", which he compared to the [[Battle of France]], fought the previous summer.{{Sfn|Montreal Gazette}} The first meeting of the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet's]] "Battle of the Atlantic Committee" was on 19 March.<ref>Churchill, Gilbert, p. 367.</ref> Churchill claimed to have coined the phrase "Battle of the Atlantic" shortly before Alexander's speech,<ref>Gilbert, Martin (ed.), ''The Churchill War Papers: The Ever Widening War, Volume 3: 1941'', p. 314.</ref> but there are several examples of earlier usage.{{efn|Ernest Lindley,  ''St. Joseph News-Press'' 1940 , "Until the outcome of the battle of the Atlantic can be more clearly foreseen, there would be high risks both to Japan and ourselves in becoming engaged in war."<ref>Ernest Lindley, "The Grand Alliance", St. Joseph News-Press, Sept 30, 1940.</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2024}}  and 
Sargint, H.J.J., "Mighty Nazi effort to invade England now in the making: Observers see amphibious attack as Hitler's anticipated thrust against British Isles", Miami News, 1941. "This country is fighting a battle which may well be called the battle of the Atlantic, though it is not more than an extension of the battle of Britain."<ref>Saigaint "Mighty Nazi effort to invade England now in the making: Observers see amphibious attack as Hitler's anticipated thrust against British Isles", Miami News, Jan. 18, 1941.</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2024}} }}