U-boat

President Wilson aimed to be neutral in the war. When the German U-Boats sank the British liner Lusitania in May 1915, carrying 128 US citizens abroad, President Wilson demanded that there would be an end to the attacks on passenger ships. Surprisingly, Germany complied. President Wilson also stated that the US will not…

The atomic bomb was and is still today the most destructive weapon in history. When detonated it a spray up a giant mushroom cloud of soot and ashes that would gloom upon the city below. World War II was one of the most destructive and costliest wars in history. The war lasted six years, and over sixty million people, both military and civilians, lost their lives. As the war raged on, the Allies and the Axis Powers sought to develop better technologies to gain the advantage. Both sides…

The Air Force displayed their presence in attempt to deter the German U-boats from attacking the convoys that were on route to supply our troops overseas. When a convoy would leave, the planes would fly over the convoy until sonar and radio transmission from base was broken. From there they would return to base and wait for the next convoy that they would watch over. With the Air Force flying over, the German U-boats would usually not attack as they would be greatly outnumbered and basically…

United States into joining the war. The Lusitania was a British cruise liner carrying passengers and supplies from New York to Britain. The ship was carrying not only civilians, but also rifle cartridges and non-explosive shell casings. A German U-boat torpedoed…

for 6 years the RCN, the Canadian Merchant Navy and therefore the RCAF were the participants primary in the battle of the Atlantic. Canada’s Navy was little owning Six destroyers, 5 little minesweepers, 2 coaching vessels and one squadron of flying boats. nobody expected Canada to play such a vital and important role in the battle. one in every of Canada’s main objectives were to defend and carry wares to Britain. without the transport and defence of the cargo, Britain would have lost its…

became a serious issue and the constant threat of them possibly being enemy U-boats were more common than none. The Lusitania sailed away from New York on 1 May, 1915 on its route to Liverpool with a significant about of wealthy and regular citizens trying to get away from America for a little while and spend time…

declared an unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 in which all ships, merchant or military would be attacked by German U-boats (iwm.org.uk). But along with it, they also issued a notice to all countries warning them that “any vessels flying the flag of Great Britain or her allies are liable to destruction in the waters.” Furthermore, when Lusitania was sunk by the German U-boats, 173 tonnes of munitions were found (Tribunal Student Note-taking Handout). As shown above, to end the…

sunk by German U-boats alone (Golson). Submarines became a huge weapon during the time of World War I. Jan S. Breemer, a submarine warfare expert and professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College in Monterey, California says, “The submarine was the absolute weapon of World War I. They were difficult to locate and hard to attack. Navies didn’t have any traditional responses for dealing with the submarine” (Golson). One of the five thousand ships sunk by German U-boats was…

themselves from fighting and being allies with nobody and being enemies with nobody. The american society wanted to stay as neutral as possible and not fight anyone but unfortunately Germany just had to go and blow up the U.S.S Lusitania with their U-Boats which then…

World War I or the Great War was a time period that caused many bloods and questioned morality. Each country was dedicated to make more powerful and effective weapons. Therefore, from 1914 to 1918, technology had been greatly advanced due to countries’ dedication and effort to create and improve blood shedding machines. Poison gases are one of the many weapons used during the Great War; this method of warfare creates and created controversies for ethical reasons. Even during the World War I when…