Britain's Role In The First World War

Once the war had gotten its start, America began making victories. At one point, America’s confidence level was through the roof because of a few naval victories that had been made. There were three American ships which were the Constitution, the United States, and the President. Those three ships were faster, bigger and better armed than their British counterparts. Now the British had quite a few more ships in counting than America did, but their ships were vulnerable in a one-on-one fight with an

King George V was born on the 3rd of June in 1865 in London, England as the second son of Edward VII. George began his career working in the British Navy, but after his eldest brother died, George became king of Great Britain in 1910. At this position, George oversaw the the military and played a major role in supporting troops during World War I. King George V took care of his personally, visiting the military hospitals often. Then, in 1917, because of the deep hatred of Germany, he changed his name from the German name of George to British name of Windsor. George was one of few rulers who did not fall because of World War I, but he did experience loss of lands due to rebellions in areas such as Ireland, Canada, and India. Also resulting

The United States of America has not always been the world superpower that it is today. The same goes for its Navy. In the first several years of existence, the United States Navy was not a formidable fighting force. The young nation was hesitant to invest in a navy for many reasons, one of them being to prevent provoking the world powers of the time, France and Britain. On top of that, navies were very expensive to build and required a significant amount of resources to maintain, which the U.S. did not have at the time. To say that the United States Navy was ill prepared for war would be a dramatic understatement. The U.S. had a total of fifteen ships in its entire naval fleet compared to the might of the Royal Navy which possessed over six hundred warships. Even with the odds stacked against the U.S., President Madison declared war on 18 JUN 1812. The lack of size and power of the navy at the time would make it extremely difficult to satisfy the needs of the newly founded nation.

Naval warfare had not turned out to be an especially critical factor for either the Germans or the British, and there were no truly decisive naval battles. The submarine, however, produced some earth-shaking results. Submarine warfare led to the sinking of the Lusitania, a passenger ship. This occurred during a submarine blockade of Britain. The Germans placed no limit on their campaign of submarine warfare. This campaign helped draw the United States into the conflict. Without submarine warfare, perhaps the U.S. never enters the conflict. By June of 1918, the Allied lines were so devastated that the German commander Ludendorff felt he could wire the Kaiser and state that the war might end soon. Then, U.S. troops began to arrive, as many as 250,000 a month. The Allies rallied. Germany may well have won without the infusion of U.S. troops into the battle. So, in a very unexpected way, new technology-- the deadly submarine warfare of the Germans had a decided impact on the war.

The Battle of Britain as a Turning Point in the Defeat of German in World War Two

“Economic warfare rather then a battle was the means of exercising maritime supremacy, particularly against the Continental coalition” (Strachan 214). Economic warfare on the British end of things was the means of starving the whole German population. According to Strachan Germany’s civilian death rate had risen 37% in the span of 5 years and according to the British official history, 772,736 civilians died because of the various blockades against Germany. The hunger and starvation problems that Germany faced wasn’t only because of the lack of food available, as the situations grew more dire in Germany the price for food skyrocketed for example Strachan says the the price of pork had gone up five times, and Sweden had shipped over five times the amount of herring then they usually had. Germans went from eating about 2,240 calories a day, but in 1917 because of a bad harvest their daily rations went to about 1,000 calories a day (Strachan

The lack of food supplies due to the British Blockade and increasing casualty lists begun to make an impact on German morale. This, combined with the allies’

The other aspect of Germany's Weltpolitik that caused anxiety was their wish for a strong German navy. The Kaiser believed the fleet was necessary in order to support German interests across the globe. However this fleet was also aimed at negating the naval power of Britain. Admiral von Tirpitz designed the German naval fleet in order to have enough battleships to be able to substantially weaken Britain enough that Britain would no longer have an adequate fleet if the two powers came ever came to battle. Mark McAndrew argues that the whole basis of German naval policy was to intimidate Britain with little regard for the international tension it would create. In fact as early as 1896, members of the German government recognised that by developing their navy they would antagonize Britain and risk a major war. This knowledge did not restrain the Kaiser, nor Tirpitz. In a letter to the Kaiser's brother, Admiral Georg von Muller wrote "Either we harness the total strength of the nation, ruthlessly, even if it means accepting the risk of a major war, or we limit ourselves to continental power alone." The British quickly realised the implications of Germany's new naval policy and a naval arms race broke out between the two countries each trying to build more dreadnaughts (the most advanced type of

By using the Naval forces strategically, Britain was capable of causing heavy damage to Germany's infrastructure and forces. By applying this Blockade over Germany, their living standards fell dramatically and many who have looked into this topic agree that it was the role of the Blockades that was the most significant during WWI. For example, when being encompassed by British ships, the average calorie intake for a German decreased to 1000 according to the National Archives; the Germans suffered over 700,000 wartime casualties due to the increasing starvation. Although the blockade made an important contribution to the Allied victory, many of its devastating side effects casted a long looming shadow over post-war German Society. However it brought both sides closer to the end hence how the Navy remain to have played a very significant role during World War

The effect that World War I had upon civilians was devastating. WWI was a war that affected civilians on an unprecedented scale. Civilians became a military target.

Even though Germany is still bound with the Treaty of Versailles, Churchill knew trouble was being stirred up for the next world war. Later in that year Churchill worked with R.A.F (Royal Air Force) to help strengthen Britain's air force, Britain's air force was very weak but their navy was outstandingly proficient. Britain always won wars against other empires who attacked with their

The first reason for British to attend the war is Germany effected the dominate and position of British. This

In August 1914 the German Navy introduced the successful U-boat campaigns against Britain, under the leadership of the Kaiser government. Its aim was to create a blockade against British Merchant ships, attempting to halt the flow of imports to Britain. It resulted in great losses to Britain food supply and the weakening of Britain’s war initiative. This posed a huge issue for the British Government as its presence not only blocked the trade which Britain relied upon to maintain adequate food supplies for its civilian population, but also, by doing this, weakened its war efforts. This posed a threat to the strength of the war machine in France, starving the allies into surrender. Even in its earlier stages where the campaign was not as clearly successful the campaign saw massive results. By the end of 1916, the U-boat campaign destroyed on average 300,000 tons of shipping a month.

At the end the British had won this battle even though the Germans had more plans but the British were cleverer and could win this battle easily.

The Battle of Jutland was between the Germans and the British, the conflict was building up for a while, and on May 31, 1916 is when the battle began.The Battle of Jutland is one of the biggest naval battles in history, this battle was considered to be “the only major naval battle of World War I”. The battle evolved over time due to Britain’s declaration that its naval force was superior in Europe and the introduction in 1906 of the Dreadnought. The British and the Germans wanted two different things, the British wanted to protect their world wide kingdom. The Germans were in need of more place than the North Sea 's coast and they wanted full control of the North Sea. Both countries avoided the conflict for a long time because of fear of losing and making their country vulnerable. A letter from King George to Jellicoe stated: “ At this grave moment in our national history I send to you, and through you to the officers and men of the fleet of which you have assumed command, the assurance of my confidence that, under your direction, they will revive and renew the old glories of the Royal Navy and prove once again the sure shield of