The convoy system was used to prtect American ships carrying materials to Great Britain in 1940 and 1941. These merchant ships were protected by American Warships.
France and England
Early in the war, merchant ships carrying supplies to both Russia and Britain were targeted heavily by German U-Boats(submarines). Since there were not enough destroyers and destroyer escorts to protect each individual ship, convoys were formed. In these convoys, merchant ships were grouped together and protected by a small number of escort vessels
The use of the convoy system protecting merchant ships as they crossed the Atlantic , airplanes for reconnaissance , radar , depth charges .
Germany resumed attacking American merchant ships
Neutrality Patrols
Neutrality Patrols
Neutrality Patrols
Neutrality Patrols
The operation to protect American merchant ships in the Atlantic before the US entered the war was called the Neutrality Patrol. It involved escorting and protecting merchant ships from attacks by German submarines.
neutrality patrol
The Atlantic ocean, "a battle of merchant warfare." Merchant ships trying to reach Europe from America.
The convoy system was used to prtect American ships carrying materials to Great Britain in 1940 and 1941. These merchant ships were protected by American Warships.
arm the merchant ships
Merchant Marine Atlantic War Zone Medal was created on 1944-05-10.
Cannons aboard and gunboat escorts.
The first permanent Atlantic cable was successfully laid on August 5,1858, largely through the efforts an American merchant Cyrus West Field. It was the first permanent communications link between Britain and the United States.