Greyhound: Ninety minutes of Battle of the Atlantic
February, 1942. A convoy is moving through the black waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Four warships are guarding the HX-25 convoy comprising 36 merchant ships. The fleet's destination is the port of Liverpool in England. A consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft is hovering over the ships loaded with troops and supplies. The plane, which was an air escort, swerved and landed near the leading destroyer in front of the convoy.Morse then began sending messages in code with the help of signal lights. Fletcher Class Destroyer 'Greyhound' also responded by lighting his signal lamp. Then the plane made its way back with a huge U-turn.
This is the opening scene of the recently released film Greyhound. Tom Hanks plays the main character in the film, which is based on the Atlantic naval warfare during World War II.As the captain of a U.S. Navy destroyer, he has to fight a wrestling match (Wolf Pack; a combined attack of at least eight to 20 U-boats) against a German U-boat. During World War II, both the Allies and the Axis Powers were desperate to capture the Atlantic Ocean. Many of Britain's essential goods were then imported from the United States, so there was no alternative to the Atlantic route for the country.
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Again, there was no effective way to send American troops and supplies to the European front other than crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Meanwhile, after Germany's Operation Barbarossa, Russia also had to rely on the Atlantic Ocean to transport supplies. If Germany had rendered this navigable route useless, perhaps the outcome of World War II would have been completely different. That is why the Allies and the Axis Powers tried their best to dominate the Atlantic for six long years from 1939-45.Known as the 'Battle of the Atlantic', the Allies lost about eighty thousand navies, aviators and sailors. On the other hand, about 26-30 thousand sailors of German U-boat were buried in this war. And countless destroyers, warships, U-boats, merchant ships have taken refuge in the depths of the Atlantic.
Greyhound is the latest in a series of Hollywood attempts to bring World War II to the movies. Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay as well as the protagonist, directed by Aaron Snyder. However, the main story of the English novelist c. S. The screenplay is based on Forrester's 1955 novel The Good Shepherd. Tom Hanks has re-emerged as the captain in this ৫০ 50 million movie.Capt. John H., who gave his life to rescue the private Ryan. Captain Ernest Cruz, who took on the responsibility of protecting an entire convoy from the torpedo of a cunning, hunting U-boat from Miller. Leaving the gun-machine gun and picking up the map and binoculars, Hanks seems to have adapted to the captain's job. He has become a sympathetic general who is working hard to keep his subordinates alive at any cost.Before we take a closer look at the character of the captain, we get to know a little bit about the story of the movie.
Captain Ernest's convoy is crossing the Atlantic in the winter of 1942. Ice has begun to form on the ships. A little bright warm sun is sitting far away, the shadow of the black cloud is sitting on the head. Even during the day, the water of the Atlantic looks black. The ships are repeatedly hit by the huge waves of the sea.The fleet is advancing while maintaining the same column, one or two may deviate from time to time. In addition to food, there are countless souls on the merchant ships, who do not know if they will be able to set foot in Europe at all. Because, the captain of every ship knows, his ship can explode like fireworks at any time. Who knows, maybe a U-boat is opening the door of its torpedo tube just below their path!Maybe after a while, a torpedo will slip in the water some distance away, almost silently, to kiss a ship. Captain Ernest's USS Killing Destroyer (Colsine Greyhound), along with three other small and large warships, are now the only reliance on these civilian ships to avoid the death trap in the Atlantic; British Destroyer Harry, Destroyer Eagle, and Canadian Corvette Dickie.