Project Habakkuk: Churchill's Plan for an Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice
Project Habakkuk: Churchill’s Plan for an Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice The idea itself was simple enough in theory: create an aircraft carrier using as many natural resources as possible, in an attempt to mitigate the high cost of materials like steel, which was in short supply. Lasting five years, eight months and five days, the Battle of the Atlantic was the longest military campaign of WWII. Allied supply convoys were being continuously threatened by German U-boats and Luftwaffe aircraft, and when Italy’s Regia Marina introduced submarines into the mix when they entered the war in Ju...