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Who was the US naval leader in world war 1 who devised the use of convoys to escort vessels across the Atlantic ocean with protection againist German submarines?
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American Vice Admiral William S. Sims
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What strategies did convoys use to help the allies combat German submarines?
Warships traveled with Merchant ships for protection.
What strategies did convoys use to help the allies combats German submarines warfare?
Warships traveled with Merchant ships for protection.
What strategies did convoys used to help the allies combat German submarines warfare?
Warships traveled with Merchant ships for protection.
What strategies did convoys use to help allies combat German submarines warfare?
Warships traveled with Merchant ships for protection.
What is a convoy and what did they do?
A convoy is a group of vehicles that transport goods. It is usually used to refer to military groups. During World War 2, convoys of ships transited the Atlantic carrying goods and supplies to Great Britain and Russia. Convoys were large groups of merchant vessels with a military escort to protect them from the German submarines.
What was the Nazis goal of the battle of the Atlantic?
Stop American convoys
German wolf-packs?
Use of groups of up to 40 submarines to patrol areas of the Atlantic and attack convoys at night to prevent US supply ships from reaching Europe; US warships had permission to attack these wolf-packs
Convoys were used to?
Convoys are used for many things. They can be used to deliver goods to areas that are in need. They can also be used in military regions as protection.
What were U boats in World War 2?
German Submarines tasked with destroying convoys bringing arms and food to Britain.
What are groups of British merchant ships that stayed together as protection from you-boats?
Convoys
Speed of World War 2 convoys crossing the north Atlantic?
The speed of the convoys going across the Atlantic depended on the slowest ship in the group. The convoys were further slowed down by traveling in a zigzag pattern to avoid being an easy target for U-boats. The speed of a convoy was seldom more than 15 knots.
What Canada did during the battle of the Atlantic?
Canada's role in the Battle of the Atlantic was to protect supply convoys from Northern America to Russia. Canada sent out convoys to Britain, but Adolf Hitler was aware of this, and started to destroy the supplies. Once Hitler destroyed the convoys it was then up to Canada to supply its navy for the Battle of the Atlantic
