a german submarine that was the first submarine employed in warfare initially used during world war 1 Lustitania: and unarmed British ocean liner whose sinking by a german u-boat on May 7 1915 influenced the US decision to enter World War 1 Unrestricted submarine warfare: during world war 1 ...
Unrestricted Submarine warfare Germany would sink any ship on sight without warning in the waters of GB sinked the Lusitania- killed 128 americans US sent letter for them to stop. US eventually got involved. Zimmerman note Telegram to mexico from Germany saying that if they distract the US, th...
By January 1917 the German situation was becoming more and more difficult, with the starvation blockade taking a terrible toll on civilians. The German military managed to persuade the civilian leadership that it was necessary to engage in unrestricted submarine warfare, even if it meant war with ...
The U.S. would remain neutral until 1917 when Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and the British interception of the Zimmermann telegram to Mexico forced President Wilson to declare war on 6 April 1917.The German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann, had sent a Telegram to the Ger...
Germany adopted the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to starve the island nation of supplies. Other historians would argue Britain's growing influence in the war had nothing to do with the battle and everything to do with her great financial and industrial strength, which ...
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because germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare and they kept sinking U.S. ships. american soldiers helped turn the tide in ww1 and exponentially impacted the war to a point where germany said themselves that "if those in front of us are fair specimens of the average american troops, ...