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- Submarine Warfare-On May 7, 1915 a German U-boat British owned luxray steamship the Lusitania crashed and killed 1,195 people including 128 Americans - Because of this catastrophe, relations between Germany and the US were strained-With the relations being strained this fueled anti German sentiment -This ended setting up a chain of events which led to the US entering World War 1
- Real Facts1.HMS Pathfinder was the first ship sunk by a U Boat2.12,850,815 tons of shipping was sunk by U Boats3.178 U boats sank in combat4.German U Boat numbers more than quadrupled 1914-19185.The greatest loss of life in a single sinking was 1,9266.The RMS Lusitania sank in only 18 minutes7.Submarines inflicted more damage than surface craft8.The largest submarine was the U-1559.U Boats provoked both the USA and Brazil into war10.Unrestricted submarine warfare was seen as a war crime
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- 1.Submarines played a significant military role2.Germany was the 1st country to employ submarines in war as substitutes for surface commerce raider3.In world war 1 u-boats could reach speeds of 16 knots at the surface and 8 knots underwater4.In world war 1 torpedoes were unreliable so surface attacks were common5.Great Britain used its navy to blockade German ports and seize cargoes bound for the Central powers6.British intelligence had intercepted a secret message from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the Mexican government, inviting an alliance7. A German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann dispatched a secret letter to Heinrich von Eckardt8.The Zimmermann telegram, was incepted by British and passed to the Americans9.After the decoded telegram was released the US created a cover story 10.The Zimmermann note ultimately lead to the war against Germany
- Zimmerman Note On January 1917 Germany announced that it will continue unrestricted submarine warfare.-Newspapers were published which was the Zimmerman notes-The Newspaper said the if Germany went to war with the US, Germany would promise to help Mexico recover territory it had lost-The note to Mexico from the German Minister declared his intentions of keeping things neutral between US-This ended up with a call for new initiative with Mexico, Japan, Us, and Germany.-Real Facts-The note revealed a plan to renew unrestricted submarine warfare and to form an alliance with Mexico and Japan if the United States declared war on Germany
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