THE WESTERN APPROACHES TACTICAL UNIT, WHERE THE PROBLEMS OF ANTI-U-BOAT WARFARE ARE FOUGHT OUT. 18 MARCH 1945, DERBY HOUSE, LIVERPOOL. AT A ONE WEEK TACTICAL COURSE, COMMANDING, AND OTHER OFFICERS OF BRITISH AND ALLIED ESCORT VESSELS "PLAYED GAMES" WHICH ENABLED THEM TO COMBAT THE U-BOAT MENACE. ANTI-U-BOAT OPERATIONS WERE PLOTTED AND CARRIED OUT ON TACTICAL TABLES BY GROUPS OF OFFICERS COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. WHEN THE PLAY WAS ALL OVER THE ACTION TAKEN BY EACH GROUP WAS VIEWED BY ALL, AND RE-PLAY AND CRITICISMS TOOK PLACE. - Plotting the players moves. The game has been in progress for
THE WESTERN APPROACHES TACTICAL UNIT, WHERE THE PROBLEMS OF ANTI-U-BOAT WARFARE ARE FOUGHT OUT. 18 MARCH 1945, DERBY HOUSE, LIVERPOOL. AT A ONE WEEK TACTICAL COURSE, COMMANDING, AND OTHER OFFICERS OF BRITISH AND ALLIED ESCORT VESSELS "PLAYED GAMES" WHICH ENABLED THEM TO COMBAT THE U-BOAT MENACE. ANTI-U-BOAT OPERATIONS WERE PLOTTED AND CARRIED OUT ON TACTICAL TABLES BY GROUPS OF OFFICERS COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. WHEN THE PLAY WAS ALL OVER THE ACTION TAKEN BY EACH GROUP WAS VIEWED BY ALL, AND RE-PLAY AND CRITICISMS TOOK PLACE. - Plotting the players moves. The game has been in progress for 18 minutes and the tracks of each of the ships are marked on the floor in coloured chalk. , Royal Navy, Western Approaches Tactical Unit
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