WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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propaganda
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Schlieffen Plan
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Bolshevik Revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -They hoped to break the British stranglehold blockade of crucial German supply ports and knock Britain out of the war within the year. U-boats resumed unrestricted attacks against all ships in the Atlantic, including civilian passenger carriers.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 4 February 1915, Germany declared a war zone around Britain, within which merchant ships were sunk without warning. This ‘unrestricted submarine warfare’ angered neutral countries, especially the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unfortunately, there was one problem: the Germans had bigger and better submarines than the British, who were backward in understanding their potential, but a submarine can’t easily board and sail off a vessel like the British ships were doing.