HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Militarism
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Alliances
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Imperialism
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Nationalism
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Detailed explanation-1: -A temporary Allied inability to read their signals meant that by the end of 1942, Allied shipping was in crisis. The introduction of aircraft carriers, Very Long Range aircraft and roving ‘support groups’ of warships eventually defeated the U-boats at the end of May 1943.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U-boats returned to their ports only after they expended all their torpedoes. To counter this new threat to maritime security, the U.S. Navy unleashed a new weapon to provide anti-submarine warfare: the K-Type blimp.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most formidable naval weapons in both world wars, German submarines devastated trans-Atlantic shipping while sinking 8, 000 merchant vessels and warships and killing tens of thousands.