Unrestricted submarine warfare

torpedoes in today's terms would be considered mines, as they were not self propelled, and existed in the early 1800s. Adaptations of early sedentary torpedoes were used widely during the American Civil War, although their significance in naval warfare was overshadowed by the emergence of steam engines and iron armor on ships. Post Civil War, many advancements were made regarding rifling that led to the invention of the self propelled torpedo. In World War I and World War II, torpedoes were the

1. Supreme Court’s Rule of Reason- The United States Supreme Court created the Rule of Reason as the basic principle in regards to anti-trust cases. It was created as a result of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v the United States. The government tried Standard Oil due to violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. They claimed it had used its powers to prevent other oil companies from being created. After this, it became a principle of the time period, on a case by case basis to determine if

was not only fought between soldiers of the Allied forces and the Great Powers, but civilians were also beginning to be targeted to a large extent for the first time. Bombing of cities with the use of artillery and aircraft, the use of unrestricted submarine warfare to sink unarmed merchant or passenger ships, and the introduction of chemical weapons on a mass scale

1914 1. Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria killed in cold blood by Serbian youth (June 28th) This photo depicts Archduke of Austria and his wife, Sophie. ("World War I Leaders Photo Gallery.") On June 28, 1914, the Archduke of Austria was scheduled to take a visit to the city of Sarajebo. The trip would coincide roughly with his and his wife’s 14th anniversary. However, an anti-Austrian extremist group called The Black Hand caught wind of the Archduke’s visit, and decided that they should take

University of Phoenix Material Timelines of The Great War and Russian Revolution Worksheet Directions: For each of the four timelines that follow (1914, 1915, 1917, and 1918–1919), complete the timeline replacing the words “[Paste description here]” with the text of the correct description from the table beneath it. 1914 Timeline |JUNE 28, |THE EVENT THAT TRIGGERED WORLD WAR I | |1914

There are winners and losers after every war, and the former rules the latter. The winners get a position of ruler and write history. There are a lot of nations in the world, but it is a ruler, or hegemony, to regulate what the world is. There is no doubt that the United States is the current hegemony nation. However, a position of hegemony does not last for good. As world history tells us, some nation wages war and challenges the hegemony, and then new hegemony is born. So, can America keep its

rise in previously fading allied morale. Following the outbreak of WW1 in July 1914 Woodrow Wilson, US President, announced the nations neutrality from involvement in European conflict, but in January 1915 Germany declared its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare to counter the British naval blockade. On the 7th May, the Lusitania, a British liner carrying approximately 173 tons of British war munitions was torpedoed by a German U-Boat killing 1201 civilians, 128 of which were American. The following

The main goal of the Battle of Passchendaele was to break through to the coast of Belgium so that they could destroy German submarine pens. Due to the unrestricted submarine warfare, German U-boats were tearing apart the allies warships but primarily merchant ships carrying resources and supplies. Since the British is an island so they rely on boats to send troops and responses in and out of the countrie

Who (please include reason for entry into war) "Great Britain threatened by the actions of Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) Arms Race-Wilhelm II’s new world policy Weltpolitik: expansion of German navy to protect growing international trade Anglo-Boer War: Germany would support Dutch Great Britain wanted to protect imperial lands “splendid isolation” of Britain by both countries promising to remain neutral by Anglo-Japanese Alliance Entente Cordiale: Britain and France German leaders decided to test

machine gun fires, and homesick cries. But as ties with the Allies between the United States continued, the resent of the Central Powers (especially Germany) towards the United States also grew. Though with the introduction of new weapons, styles of warfare, and more technologically advanced boats and planes, the gravity between the United States and the Allies grew stronger thus pulling the US into one of the biggest battles it’ll ever fight. From the main