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...protection of which is necessary for American defense, they do so at their own peril. The orders which I have given as Commander in Chief of the United States Army and Navy are to carry out that policy-at once." He promised that in defense waters the Navy would convoy ships of any flag choosing to join such convoys...
...Atlantic some 300 U.S. warships of all sizes awaited Hitler's answer. One answer had already been made: into English ports limped two convoys of Lend-Lease ships. At least eight of the first convoy had been sunk in fierce battles with Nazi submarines and four-engined bomb...
...warship flying the U.S. flag? The evidence for it was that the Greer had been altered in appearance so that she does not closely resemble the 50 destroyers traded to Britain (see cut, p.11), that British destroyers are not apt to be found roaming the ocean alone- they have convoy work to do. But the attack took place at noon. Since destroyers are submarine-killers, a submarine would be loath to attack at midday unless there was fog or storm (common in those waters). If visibility was low the U-boat commander may not have recognized the ship...
...Battle of the Atlantic. He pondered issuing a proclamation, in the form of an executive announcement, that if the Germans send submarines or bombers into the area between Halifax and Iceland the U.S. will fire on them. He was prepared at last to order U.S. warships to convoy from the U.S. to Iceland. British warships might cooperate in the convoys, but a U.S. flagship would accompany each group...
...least two months several hundred thousand people-and unquestionably several dozen Nazi agents-have known that the Illustrious, which had her flight deck bombed to ribbons when taking a convoy through the Mediterranean (TIME, Jan. 27, 1941), had come over to be patched up. They also knew the name of the "undisclosed shipyard" where she was being repaired, and other details...