Germany’s use of U-boats during the first world war is a very interesting and important topic. The U-boat, or undersea boat, was a very valuable weapon, the possessor of this weapon could virtually rule the waters. After the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, persuaded Germany to cease unrestricted underwater warfare. By spring of 1917 Germany had resumed this unrestricted underwater warfare. Why was this path chosen?
The U-boat was a phenomenal weapon, as well as a frightening one; few things were more terrifying for the crews of British merchant vessels than the U-boat. It would strike without warning, destroying ships, killing sailors, sinking valuable cargos. There was virtually no
The U-boat was a phenomenal weapon, as well as a frightening one; few things were more terrifying for the crews of British merchant vessels than the U-boat. It would strike without warning, destroying ships, killing sailors, sinking valuable cargos. There was virtually no