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The Merchant and the Wolf
The wolves of war are hunting the vast sea The merchants brave the frigid waters vital supplies their carrying The island nation of Britain relying on these merchant vessels The wolves lay in wait seek and destroy deploy missals Churchill knows the balance of war can be tipped If they don't find a way to protect their supplies their ships Crossing the vast Atlantic Ocean from Canada, The U.S. Though neutral Roosevelt wanted to help his friend in distress He faced opposition from the U.S. congress Europe's war is Europe's war they fell they should be left To settle it on their own but what they don't know The Nazis have no plan of stopping their goal conquer the world
The Merchant braves the cold waves sailing the deep The Wolf lays in wait poised to strike them striking with heat Victory measured in tonnage the wolf seeks To sink the brave Merchant sending hope back to the deep
All fear the mighty Uboat ace Star Hero to the Germans like Otto Kretchmar Menace to the allies can't detect where they are But never turning back no they came way too far
The British send escorts of Battle ships yes To guide the Merchant ships on their long journey the stress Detecting Uboats on the surface in the night The journey is so treacherous they find it hard to fight German uboat commanders where aware of it all Early sonar could only detect them when their submerged the flaw From 1940-41 the Germans had sunk 282 allied ships over a million tons The convoys were soon to include old US battle ships The US also shipped supplies to the British at risk Of joining the war themselves but what can't be missed The war will come eventually to their shores like this
All hail the British ships they are Brave convoys and Merchants yes they are The vital supplies needed to fight this war And stop the Germans now from conquering their world
Prien Schepke Kretchmar Under Admiral Doenitz wreak havoc on The merchants ships and covoys they were feeling fine The Germans looked upon this as the first happy time
U110 was captured by a British convoy On it the secret code of the Germans known as ignima They could decipher messages and avoid the uboats Reaching their destination the Germans don't know
Then Prien and Schepke MIA KIA And Krethmar was captured the last Uboat ace But this was the birth of the roaming wolfpack Wolfspruden what its called a new style of attack
British intelligence began deciphering the code Ignigma steemed the tide well for now but who knows Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com If it can put a stop to the attack if it could End the first struggle of the Merchant and the wolf
Things were changing for allies the tide Was now changing in their favor alright 1941 the end of the first Happy time The Germans needed a new plan of attack so fine Uboat production yielded many more ships But inexperienced men would have to man them So Admiral Doenitz now took more control Radio contact when his men were on patrol
The british heard the constant chatter and Sonar had caught up Detect the surface as well as submerged So the Germans sent packs of uboats playing the numbers game Hesitant to hit a US ship they aren't official refrain Don't draw them in the war but all that would change Pearl Habor and the sinking of USS Rueben James
Hitler would declare war on the US unprovoked Oepration Paukenschluag was now in full force Attacking US shipping docked in American Harbors Uboats were free to attack any ship that their wanting American Shooting Season was in full swing right This also known as the second Happy Time 609 ships sunk the Germans just lost 22 Uboats wreaking havoc in the Atlantic so true
Type 11 uboats were built for long range When they reched the US coast well they had free reign Submerged by day only to surface at night Sinking US ships that are docked using the Lights Like shooting fish in a barrel no resistance was felt Admiral Doenitz was surprised the operation went so well The US failure to respond led to the losses Of lots of tonnage for the Germans Knights Crosses
1942 saw the US wake up Finally embracing full convoys trust That this would make a difference and serve to deter The uboat menace diminished losses occurred The British and Canadians also chipped in Trawlers and Corvettes were sent to the East coast to defend Protecting ships from Boston to Halifax Blacking out the cities at night also made an impact
The allied efforts saw more Uboats sunk The Germans turned from the coast for easy pickings The kriegsmarine were starting to feel the pinch Uboats and ships alike were now contested every inch Battle ships destroyed even the mighty Bismarck And merchants met their destinations more or less unmarred The balance of war tips at sea the changing tide This is the end of the second happy time
August 1942
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