Royal Navy during the Second World War

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/royal-navy-during-the-second-world-war

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What happened to the Royal Navy at the start of World War II?At first, the Royal Navy was the world's strongest navy, but it lost important ships like the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse to Japanese air attacks. These losses showed that new kinds of warfare needed new strategies.
2. How did the Royal Navy help at Dunkirk?During the Dunkirk evacuation, Royal Navy ships and many civilian boats worked together to carry more than 338,000 soldiers back to safety. It was a huge rescue that kept Britain able to keep fighting.

Battle of the Atlantic: A prolonged naval campaign fought to control the sea lanes between North America and the United Kingdom.
Naval Doctrine: The fundamental beliefs and principles that guide the conduct of naval warfare.
Naval Aviation: The use of aircraft operating from aircraft carriers for military purposes.