Admiral Max Kennedy Horton Life Magazine 1943 Signed Autograph Cover Photo WWII

Life Magazine-August 2,1943-92 pages. This vintage Life Magazine-which originally sold for ten cents-features a full cover photo of Admiral Max Kennedy Horton-"Commander In Chief Of The Western Approaches". The magazine also features a 6 page article with photos on Admiral Horton-"As Commander in chief of the Western approaches,he is winning the battle of the North Atlantic".Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO and two bars, (November 29, 1883 - July 30, 1951) was a British submariner in World War I and commander-in-chief of the Western Approaches in the latter half of World War II, responsible for British participation in the Second World War's Battle of the Atlantic.Having been promoted to full Admiral on 9 January 1941, Horton was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches Command on November 17, 1942. Here he instituted a series of tactical changes in the way the escort ships were to be used. In addition to the existing escort group system, in which groups of ships were assigned to defend the perimeter of convoy boxes, Horton instituted a system of support groups, who would also travel with the convoys, but have much more freedom in terms of pursuing submarines to the death, even if such action necessitated leaving the convoy for longer periods of time than were considered acceptable for escort groups. Horton's support groups proved to be decisive in the crucial spring of 1943, taking the battle to the U-boats and crushing the morale of the U-boat arm with persistent and successful counterattacks. Horton is widely credited, along with his predecessor, Admiral Sir Percy Noble, as being one of the most crucial figures in the Allied victory in the Atlantic. The Life Magazine has been autographed on the front cover by Max Kennedy Horton with a fountain pen in black...........................BOTH MAGAZINE AND AUTOGRAPH ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.............