RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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suspended the transport of supplies by ship.
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began shipping supplies using zeppelins.
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organized the merchant ships into convoys.
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resorted to trench warfare.
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Detailed explanation-1: -These had to be transported in merchant ships across the Atlantic Ocean, where they could be attacked by German submarines (U-boats) and warships. To combat this threat, the merchant ships were grouped into convoys escorted by warships and, if possible, aircraft. The first Atlantic convoy sailed on 2 September 1939.
Detailed explanation-2: -The advantage of using convoys was that defenseless merchant vessels no longer need traverse the high seas alone and unprotected, but could travel in groups large enough to justify the allocation of scarce destroyers and other patrol vessels to escort them across the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-3: -As there were not enough warships to protect thousands of individual merchant ships, they were grouped into convoys with naval escorts, making them hard to find and difficult to attack. Merchant shipping was placed under Admiralty control on 26 August 1939, and the first convoy sailed on 2 September.
Detailed explanation-4: -To combat the submarine threat, the British and U.S. started grouping merchant ships in convoys and protecting them with escorts. Submarine sinkings dropped dramatically. The U.S. Navy helped ensure that tens of millions of tons of supplies reached Europe.