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convoy system

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convoy system

Grouping of ships to sail together under naval escort in wartime. In World War I (1914–18) navy escort vessels were at first used only to accompany troopships, but the convoy system was adopted for merchant shipping when the unrestricted German submarine campaign began in 1917. In World War II (1939–45) the convoy system was widely used by the Allies to keep the Atlantic sea lanes open.



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They introduced the convoy system to ensure that vital iron ore supplies from Sweden made it through the Baltic to Germany.
Missing sub resurfaces after 90 years by Karapetyan, Ella / The Baltic Times (Riga, Latvia)
The reason for withdrawing the convoy system is that now we have gained confidence and now the problem of extremism is controlled and the morale of extremists is very low," Chaturvedi said.
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and, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, America has been brought into the war - but refuses to adopt the convoy system.
SUNDAY by The Daily Mail (London, England)
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