50 Stunning Photographs of WWII (Image Gallery) p. 14

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 04 March 2025

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North Atlantic Convoy, 1941

by R.G.G. Coote - Imperial War Museums
published on 25 February 2025

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A 1941 photograph taken from the battleship HMS King George V and showing ships of a North Atlantic convoy during the Second World War (1939-45). Convoys were essential to get vital supplies and weaponry from North America to Britain during the war but they were frequent targets of German U-boat submarines.

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