One of the big things Greyhound gets right about The Battle of the Atlantic is how, broadly speaking, unglamorous the whole thing was.
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Further, the movie takes place several months before the gap was "closed" in May 1943, after the RAF Coastal Command had became operational from Newfoundland. This is the same location where the majority of Greyhound is set the film even opens with the Greyhound's air escort telling them they've reached the limit of their range upon arriving at the Black Pit, and wishing them good luck as they prepare to cross it. There was also a particularly dangerous area known as The Mid-Atlantic Gap (or Black Pit) which lay beyond the reach of the land-based Royal Air Force (RAF) antisubmarine aircraft. The natural conditions of the battle - what with the North Atlantic being a regularly cold and treacherous region - weren't the only complicating factors, either. entered WWII in December 1941 in direct response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Germans had an advantage during the earlier years of the campaign, but things gradually began to change in the Allies' favor, especially after the U.S. As one might imagine, it was incredibly challenging to keep all these vessels moving in cohesion and avoid leaving them open to attacks by German U-boats. (Later, after Germany launched its invasion of the federal socialist state in June 1941, the Soviet Union similarly received needed supplies from Allied ships coming across the Arctic Ocean.) In order to keep them supplied, the Allies would send upwards of 40 merchant ships carrying goods across the North Atlantic at the same time, protecting them with warships and aircraft. Greyhound takes place over a few days in the winter of 1942, so it offers a mere snapshot of just how taxing and repetitive (not to mention, miserable and wet) the battle truly was.īeing an island nation, the United Kingdom was dependent on imported goods and materials - as much as a million tons per week - from other Allied countries from the very beginning of WWII. Both the Greyhound movie and its source material revolve around The Battle of the Atlantic, which got underway shortly after the war began in September 1939 and didn't conclude until the Germans surrendered in May 1945 (a few months before WWII officially ended), making it the longest military campaign waged during the second World War. Krause might not be strictly based on a real-life person, but Forester did model the character and his experiences after actual events from WWII. Related: Greyhound Trailer: Tom Hanks is a Navy Commander in WWII Movie Navy Captain Ernest Krause (Hanks) as he commands the destroyer USS Keeling - call sign Greyhound - and is charged with helping to protect 37 Allied ships while they cross the North Atlantic to deliver materials to the U.K., even as a group or "wolfpack" of German U-boats close in on them.
Directed by Aaron Schneider ( Get Low) from an adapted script by Hanks, Greyhound follows the U.S. Forester (author of The African Queen and the Horatio Hornblower series). Rather than being adapted from a non-fiction book like Hanks and Spielberg's previous miniseries, the movie is based on The Good Shepherd, a 1955 novel written by C.S.
Hanks' new film, Greyhound, once again takes place during WWII, but with a twist.
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