AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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It hurt German troops, making them vulnerable
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It allowed the Allies to infiltrate enemy trenches
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It helped the Allies encode and send messages that the Germans could not crack
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It allowed destroyers to escort and protect groups of Allied merchant ships
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Detailed explanation-1: -The advantage of using convoys was that defenseless merchant vessels no longer need traverse the high seas alone and unprotected, but could travel in groups large enough to justify the allocation of scarce destroyers and other patrol vessels to escort them across the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-2: -These goods were transported in thousands of merchant ships, which were vulnerable to attack by German submarines (U-boats). As there were not enough warships to protect thousands of individual merchant ships, they were grouped into convoys with naval escorts, making them hard to find and difficult to attack.
Detailed explanation-3: -The convoy system was necessary because it helped them overcome U-boat threats, and prevented them from losing any allied ships (for days and weeks); it also helped equip Britain with important supplies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Convoys were implemented during World War I to help defend British merchant ships from German U-boat submarine attacks. The British model of the convoy system was used to protect both troop convoys carrying soldiers and cargo convoys that carried supplies.
Detailed explanation-5: -The convoy system, a group of ships sailing together for protection, was designed to help protect cargo in passenger ships during the First and Second World War. The system was created out of desperation.