Canada at Sea: Battle of the Atlantic
Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) began to build up quickly as war broke
Canada played a major role in the battle of the atlantic
Escort duty-Transporting merchant ships in convoys across the atlantic
Corvettes provided protection from the german U-boats hunting in 'wolf packs'
Used 'Depth chargers" as well as ramming to sink the U-boats
Air attack using long range bombers helped
In 1942 the British solved and understood the German naval codes which made battle easier
At the end of the war, Canada had the second largest navy in the world, 400 vessels and over 100,000 trained men and women
Canada played a major role in the battle of the atlantic
Escort duty-Transporting merchant ships in convoys across the atlantic
Corvettes provided protection from the german U-boats hunting in 'wolf packs'
Used 'Depth chargers" as well as ramming to sink the U-boats
Air attack using long range bombers helped
In 1942 the British solved and understood the German naval codes which made battle easier
At the end of the war, Canada had the second largest navy in the world, 400 vessels and over 100,000 trained men and women
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Summary
The royal canadian navy played a huge part by escorting all the convoy ships across the ocean, if it had not been for them many men and women would have possibly died not just on the boats but without the supplies that the boats were carrying as well.