Pada tanggal [[5 Maret]] [[1941]], Panglima Angkatan Laut Inggris (''First Lords of the Admiralty'') [[AV Alexander]] meminta Parlemen untuk "menyetujui pengadaan lebih banyak kapal dan prajurit dalam jumlah besar" untuk berjuang dalam "Pertempuran Atlantik", yang dibandingkannya dengan [[Pertempuran Perancis]] pada musim panas sebelumnya.<ref>"Admiralty pleads for ships, men to wage 'Battle of the Atlantic'", ''The Montreal Gazette'', Mar 6, 1941. (AP)</ref> Pertemuan pertama "Komite Pertempuran Atlantik" (''Battle of Atlantic Committee'')" berlangsung pada tanggal [[19 Maret]] 1941.<ref>Churchill, Gilbert, p. 367.</ref> Churchill mengklaim telah membuat Istilah "Pertempuran Atlantik" sesaat sebelum pidato Alexander,<ref>Gilbert, Martin (ed.), ''The Churchill War Papers: The Ever Widening War, Volume 3: 1941'', p. 314.</ref> namun ada beberapa contoh penggunaan yang lebih awal.<ref>Ernest Lindley, "The Grand Alliance", ''St. Joseph News-Press'', Sept 30, 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."<br/>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'', Jan. 18, 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>
