HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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The British ships were all heavily armed.
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The British took German sailors prisoner.
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The British did not give warning before attacking supply ships.
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The blockade confiscated food and clothing as well as contraband.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The blockade confiscated food and clothing as well as contraband. How did the British blockade of ships carrying supplies to and from Germany violate international law? they hoped Russia would become more democratic and a stronger ally. Why did the Allies welcome the overthrow of Russia’s tsar in 1917?
Detailed explanation-2: -During the First World War, Britain intended to use its powerful navy to starve Germany and Austria-Hungary into submission. By maintaining a blockade of enemy ports it hoped to cut off supplies from the outside world. The consequences of this strategy were complex.
Detailed explanation-3: -Britain mined international waters to prevent any ships from entering entire sections of ocean, causing danger to even neutral ships. The German Board of Public Health in December 1918 claimed that 763, 000 German civilians died from starvation and disease caused by the blockade through December 1918.
Detailed explanation-4: -The penalty for breach of blockade was the loss of the ship in any event, and of the cargo if at the time of shipment the blockade was known or might have been known by the shipper.
Detailed explanation-5: -Blockades, part of economic warfare, had been employed throughout history. The Allied blockade (1914-1919), which aimed to prevent war supplies reaching Germany, ultimately also targeted the civilian population. It had its counterpart in the German attempt to block supplies to the Entente.
Detailed explanation-6: -The British Blockade of Germany, or the Blockade of Europe, occurred from 1914 to 1919. It led to Germany declaring waters surrounding Britain to be a war zone, which led to the sinking of a US vessel and the entrance of the United States into the War.