Post by Administrator on May 11, 2020 20:45:21 GMT
Battle of the Atlantic from the American point of view.
Merchant Mariners, the Second Battle of the Atlantic, and the 75th Anniversary of VE Day
Churchill said of the Battle of the Atlantic, “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.”
Beginning on September 3, 1939, with the sinking of the liner SS Athenia by U-30 to the loss of the collier SS Black Point on May 5, 1945, off Rhode Island by U-853 – and its destruction at the hands of an American hunter-killer group of four ships and two blimps the following day – the world’s merchant marines found themselves on the front line of the Second World War. This week marks the 75th Anniversary of the conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic that involved many of the world’s navies and merchant marines.
Full article at: LINK
Merchant Mariners, the Second Battle of the Atlantic, and the 75th Anniversary of VE Day
Churchill said of the Battle of the Atlantic, “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.”
Beginning on September 3, 1939, with the sinking of the liner SS Athenia by U-30 to the loss of the collier SS Black Point on May 5, 1945, off Rhode Island by U-853 – and its destruction at the hands of an American hunter-killer group of four ships and two blimps the following day – the world’s merchant marines found themselves on the front line of the Second World War. This week marks the 75th Anniversary of the conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic that involved many of the world’s navies and merchant marines.
Full article at: LINK