A British Convoy Under the Protection of Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1943

ID: 420 ~ Source: "[A British Convoy Under the Protection of Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1943.]"  Image.  From Imperial War Museum: Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022359 (accessed July 11, 2018). ~ Creator: Royal Air Force official photographer ~ Date: 1943
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After the fall of France in 1940, German U-boats increased their range by harboring in French bases. British convoys extended across the Atlantic, in what Winston Churchill termed the Battle of the Atlantic.

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By Alan Davies
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