German U-Boats
During World War I the Germans implemented a blockade on Britain in which they destroyed allied ships as well as British ships. They did this in response to the blockade that Britain had put on them. The Germans used U-boats to impose their blockade. As the war progressed the U-boats did more and more destruction to British ships and ships that were aiding the British. As American ships were destroyed the United States began to become more involved in stopping the Germans from using their methods of weakening the British.
The German attacks subsided for a while but resumed again doing even more damage than before. The attacks continued to involve American ships, which helped to bring the United States to be more sided with the Allies and more opposed to the Germans.
As it continued THE GERMAN U-BOAT BLOCKADE ON BRITAIN DURING WORLD WAR I WAS A MISTAKE ON THE PART OF THE GERMANS.
In 1915 Great Britain decided to take advantage of the strength of its navy and began a blockade of Germany. British ships stopped every ship to search for military and other vital supplies that could possibly reach the Germans. (Stewart, p. 18)
The blockade began affecting United States ships. Americans became angry and complained that the British were being too aggressive. American ships were being stopped from entering ports in Sweden, Denmark and other neutral nations. (Stewart, p. 18) "The British government apologized but claimed that a well-supplied Germany might win the war and the British refused to take that chance and would continue their search and seizures." (Stewart, p. 18)
The Germans became frustrated on the surface with the blockade implemented by Britain so they turned to "undersea warfare." (Terr...
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...ed against Britain. In Germany the food became scarce and the civilian morale dropped. The German Government was forced to limit everything from potatoes to clothing. (Pimlott, p. 41)
A great influenza epidemic swept through Europe in 1918 and the German people were hit hard, which added to the pressure to make peace. (Pimlott, p. 41)
According to the information provided it is evident that THE GERMAN
U-BOAT BLOCKADE DURING WORLD WAR I WAS A MISTAKE ON THE PART OF THE GERMANS for the following reasons: the statement by von Trotha, the German Chief of Naval Staff, and the severing of the relations between the United States and Germany which aided in the United States entry into the war. Although at certain times during the war this campaign seemed to help the Germans, in the final analysis it proved to be a huge mistake that eventually lead to their defeat.
The German’s unrestricted submarine warfare was the main reason for the U.S. to enter war. Wilson had tremendous support from Americans. The Germans had to be stopped. The attacks came without warning killing many innocent people (Winter and Baggett, 1996). The Germans sank numerous ships including our own. The most famous ship sunk was the Lusitiania. Aboard that ship 128 Americans were killed (http://www.angelfire.com/in3/wilson/wilson.html). The Lusitania was torpedoed without any notice. The Lusitania sunk in 18 minutes killing a total of 1198 people (http://www.poltechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/chart.ww1.html).
Both sides accepted the United States’ aid but they also sought to cut-off each other’s supply chain. While the Allies barricaded Germany’s ports with the British Navy, Germany began attacking merchant ships using their submarines, or U-boats. While Wilson was angered by the British tactics he was even more infuriated by the German’s. This would be the ultimate end of U.S. neutrality as Wilson would sternly address Germany’s actions and not Britain’s.
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Great Britain controlled a big portion of the sea during this time and was the first to set up a blockade between the United States and Germany. The United States protested but Britain continued to force American ships to be searched for food, medical supplies, and steel before reaching Germany. Although the United States was against the blockade, it had very little impact on the U.S. economy. With Great Britain going to war, the United States produced enough war-related exports to pull them out of its prewar recession. Although Wilson claimed neutrality, he held sympathetic feelings toward Great Britain. After all, the Americans shared language and culture to the English in contrast to Germany who ruled their nation in a more militaristic manner. Because Wilson did nothing in response to Great Britain’s violation of American neutrality, Germany saw this as an indication of siding with the English.
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