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In early 1942, Britain was in a desperate situation.
The Royal Air Force had fought off Germany’s relentless onslaught in the Battle of Britain and much of the German army was fighting the Soviets in Eastern Europe, but the British remained isolated and at risk of being cut off from the world.
Hitler’s U-boats were wreaking havoc on Britain’s vital supply lines, and although the U.S. had entered the war on the side of the Allies, effective large-scale anti-submarine weapons and tactics were not yet fully developed or deployed.
Short of ships, material, and manpower, Prime Minister Winston Churchill turned to an audacious effort to combat the Kriegsmarine’s submarine wolfpacks: The Royal Navy would build a massive aircraft carrier out of ice and sail it to the middle of the Atlantic.
How Nazi U-Boats Went From Hunters to Prey During World War II
The Allies were running at first, but they developed counter measures and started to turn the tables on the feared submarines.
Key point: The Allies invented new weapons, such as the porqupine-looking grenade launcher, to kill enemy submarines. Allied tactics also evolved and the number of destroyers drastically increased as America entered the war.
Cut off in mid-transmission, this contact report came from a U.S. Navy patrol bomber operating over the Atlantic Ocean some 95 miles north of Cape Peñas, Spain, at 0316 hours on November 12, 1943. Repeated attempts to restore radio communications with the Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator, nicknamed Calvert n’ Coke, all went unanswered. Controllers finally listed the aircraft as overdue presumed missing.
Paul Dolman as a baby with his parents, Francis and Arthur. “My uncles were in World War I,” Dolman recalls. “When they were amongst themselves, they would talk about it.” In the lead up to WWII, there was a lot of talk that “Hitler was rising”. After Britain declared war in 1939, the associated chat among the boys at school centred around having to join the armed forces when they turned 18. Dolman does not remember any of his peers looking forward to the experience. “Nobody wanted to join the army, no, but they knew they had to.” It did not take long for the intense bombing campaign by Nazi Germany – the Blitz – to spread beyond London.
Prince Philip and Britain s monarchy
Posted : 2021-04-22 17:45 By Arthur I. Cyr
The death of Britain s Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99 is generating worldwide attention, notably in the United States. Philip personified continuity of important institutions and relationships in a turbulent period. Queen Elizabeth II and he were married for 73 years.
Britain played a pivotal role in World War II, when the Anglo-American Special Relationship was truly forged. The partnership between President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill was the centerpiece. Then-Princess Elizabeth worked driving a truck during the war.
In the 1960s, Philip spoke at UCLA, greeted by an Army ROTC student honor guard that included this author. He arrived in a closed Rolls Royce so grand that he stood before exiting. Philip shook hands and talked with us, individually.