HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Allied armies appeared near collapse.
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Italy withdrew from the war.
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Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare and sank 4 American freighters.
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Mexico published the Zimmerman Telegram.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 1, 1917, the lethal threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again, as Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the dawn of 1917, the German high command forced a return to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, engineering the dismissal of opponents of the policy that aimed to sink more than 600, 000 tons of shipping a month.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unrestricted submarine warfare is the practice of using submarines to attack and sink all forms of enemy shipping, whether they are military or civilian. It is most closely associated with the First World War when Germany’s decision to use USW brought the US into the war and led to their defeat.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Lusitania. In early 1915, Germany introduced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic. The German invasion of Belgium. American loans. The reintroduction of unrestricted submarine warfare. The Zimmerman telegram. 05-Sept-2022