AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Question
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It was not allowed
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Nothing happened to it
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It was increased to 50 subs
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It was decreased to only allowed 100 subs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Of the surviving German submarines, 14 U-boats were scuttled and 122 surrendered. Of the 373 German submarines that had been built, 178 were lost by enemy action. Of these, 40 were sunk by mines, 30 by depth charges, and 13 by Q-ships; 512 officers and 4894 enlisted men were killed.
Detailed explanation-2: -A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1, 195 people including 128 Americans, on May 7, 1915. The disaster set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I.
Detailed explanation-3: -Capabilities at a Glance The German Navy currently operates a flotilla of six new hybrid diesel-electric/fuel cell air independent propulsion (AIP) Type 212A submarines, commissioned between 2004 and 2015.
Detailed explanation-4: -Germany retaliated by using its submarines to destroy neutral ships that were supplying the Allies. The formidable U-boats (unterseeboots) prowled the Atlantic armed with torpedoes. They were Germany’s only weapon of advantage as Britain effectively blocked German ports to supplies.