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Merchant Convoy System Adopted

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1stMay 1917

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Backs the adoption of escorted convoys for merchant ships facing the U-boat campaign.

Names involved

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st

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