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Western Local Escort Force : ウィキペディア英語版 | Western Local Escort Force
Western Local Escort Force (WLEF) referred to the organization of anti-submarine escorts for World War II trade convoys from North American port cities to the Western Ocean Meeting Point (WOMP or WESTOMP) near Newfoundland where ships of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force (MOEF) assumed responsibility for safely delivering the convoys to the British Isles.〔Morison (1975) p.319〕〔Hague 2000 p.x〕 ==Background== On the basis of experience during World War I, the Admiralty instituted trade convoys in United Kingdom coastal waters from September 1939.〔Hague 2000 p.23〕 Convoys gradually extended westward until HX 129 left Halifax on 27 May 1941 as the first convoy to receive escort for the entire trip from Canada.〔van der Vat (1988) p.187〕 The American Neutrality Zone offered some protection in North American coastal waters until United States declaration of war in December 1941.〔Hague 2000 p.56〕
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