During the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, Allied convoys carried desperately needed supplies and troops from U.S. ports to Britain. Marauding packs of German submarines exacted a terrible toll, yet most cargo ships got through, accompanied by destroyers and other light vessels that took on the deadly U-boats. In “Greyhound,” streaming on Apple TV+, Tom Hanks is Cmdr. Ernest Krause, a U.S. Navy destroyer captain leading a convoy across the North Atlantic soon after America entered the war; it’s his first command and his first Atlantic crossing. The film is impressive visually, though less so on TV screens than...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 09, 2020 20:22 UTC