WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The blockade is considered one of the key elements in the eventual Allied victory in the war. The German Board of Public Health in December 1918 claimed that 763, 000 German civilians had already died from starvation and disease, caused by the blockade. An academic study done in 1928 put the death toll at 424, 000.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aside from causing shortages in important raw materials such as coal and various non-ferrous metals, the blockade cut off fertiliser supplies that were vital to German agriculture.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. For the duration of World War I, Germany was constantly under threat of starvation due to the success of the Allied blockade of Germany. Whatever meagre rations remained were sent to the troops fighting the war, so the civilian population faced the brunt of the famine.