Figure 1.--Here we see a U.S. Nacy sailor in England who has attrscted quite a groupf English children (January18, 1944). The rmy and anAir Frce had thelargest cningnt bof Americans in Britain, but there wasalso U.S. Navy persnnel reflecing the extenive copperatio betweem he Royal Navy and te U.s.Navy.

The Royal Navy began he War as he largest navy in the world, slightly larger than the U.S. Navy. . Primarily because of Japanese naval expression, the United States began naval building programs which by 1942-43 made it the premier naval force in the world. Cooperation between the two services began before the United States entered the War. The United States traded 50 World War II destroyers for British Bases in Atlantic/Caribbean (September1940). The destroyers had to be refitted and were commissioned as Town-class destroyers. The U.S. Navy began participating in convoy escorting (1940-41). After the Allantic Conference (August 1941), the United States launched an undeclared naval war against the German U-boats. As a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy withdrew from convoy protection in Britain's vital North Atlantic life lines and did not return in strength until the American Arsenal of Democracy had kicked in with vessel construction (1943). There was extensive cooperation on Japanese on cracking Jaanese naval codes. American servicemen in Britain were primary from the Air Force and Army, but there were also some Navy personnel, including naval and aircraft and aviation liaison teams. It would be an American PBY provided by the U.S. Navy with an American adviser aboard that found Bismarck (March 1941). The Royal Navy entered the War with obsolete carrier aircraft. It began using more advanced American cattier aircraft. The U.S. Navy provided TBF Avengers (1943). to the Royal Navy. Naval aviation liaison teams exchanged information on carrier operations. It was he British who develop operational procedures allowing he American F4U Corsairs to be used in carriers. This cooperation involved only limited numbers of personnel in Britain. This increased somewhat as D-Day approached (June 1944). Navy and Coast Guard personnel were needed for the landings. American an British cooperation was extensive involving a wide range of activities and projects. Joe.Kennedy Jr., President Kennedy's older brother was a U.S.Navy pilot killed in a top-secret bombing mission working with the Royal Navy over the Channel (August 1944).

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