War at Sea ww1 Flashcards

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main dates in 1914

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august 1914 - german code book washes ashore with a dead sailor

november 1914 - turkey joins the war and closes the dardenelles strait, which cuts off supplies to russia

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main dates in 1915

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4 february 1915 - britain begin the naval blockade

february 1915 - gallipoli campaign is launched

7 may 1915 - lusitania is sink by the german u-boat, germany ends unrestricted submarine warfare

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main dates in 1916

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31 may - 1 june 1916 - the battle of jutland

summer 1916 - german potato harvest fails

december 1916 - german chancellor asks peace from america but german generals ammend the letter to make the “offer” unacceptable

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main dates in 1917

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february 1917 - germany restarted unrestricted submarine warfare to break the blockade

april 1917 - britain has 6 weeks left of food

2 april 1917 - america declares war on germany

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explain what happened with the Lusitania

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7 may 1917

german u-boat sunk the lusitania which was a US ship

it resulted in the death of 1,198 passangers including 128 US citizens

angry protests from the USA caused germny to stop unrestricted submarine warfare (fearing usa would join the allied forces in the war)

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developments in the navy to stop german U-boats

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april 1917 - the convoy system was introduced (the supply ship was protected by destroyers on either side looking out for german u-boats and blowing them up)

_afterwards only 1/100 british ships were sun_k

Q-boats - battleships disguise as merchnt boats to fool u-boats into attacking them but then blow the u-boat out the water

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other improvements in the navy

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torpoedos were developed so they could be launched from ships, submarines of the air

radio improvements lead to better communications between boats and the shore

submarines were new to warfare, both sides had them but germany was quickers to use them effectively

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unrestricted submarine warfare

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february 1917 - germany restarted unrestricted submarine warfare in hopes of destroying the british blockade and crippling supply lines

600 allied ships were sunk in march

april 1917 - 1 million tonnes of shipping destined for britain was sunk

by the end of april 1917 britain only had 6 weeks worth of food left

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date for the battle of jutland

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31 march - 1 june 1916

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battle of jutland events

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german admiral von scheer had set out a trap for the british navy but his message was intercepted and decoded by the british so they set out a counter attack

the bitish pretended to fall into the trap before surprising the german navy with thier own full naval force, the two emenies foought throughout the night

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reasons britain won the battle of jutland

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the german navy was so badly damaged it never left the harbour again for the rest of the war

the battle of jutland failed to achieve the german goal of ending the blockade which continued throughout the war

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reason that germany won the battle of jutland

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germany suffered less lossing numbers of men and ships:

britain - 6,077 men + 112,000 tons of shippping

germany - 2,551 men + 62,000 tonnes of shipping

germany also cut off allied access to the baltics which was another russian supply line

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