The Importance of The War At Sea During WWI. By: Taylor Pressdee, Anna Ward, Nathan Urquidi

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1 The Importance of The War At Sea During WWI By: Taylor Pressdee, Anna Ward, Nathan Urquidi

2 What Was the Impact of The War at Sea? Opened a new kind of warfare: Submarine Warfare Involved civilians as well as sailors and soldiers One of the major reasons that the United States joined the Allies Influenced major events during the war: Battle of Jutland, the naval blockade, submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania

3 Who Was Affected By The War at Sea? Total War War At Sea affected civilians as well as soldiers Ship Liners, and Coastal cities were in danger of attack Starvation was prevalent in specifically Germany because supply ships were being sunk

4 Timeline September 1915 Germans stop using U-boats May 31st 1916 Battle of Jutland February 1st 1916 Germans begin using U-boats again May 7th 1916 Lusitania Sinks

5 Battle of Jutland

6 Battle of Jutland Fought on May 31st 1916 Only major battle fought at sea Fought by the Jutland Peninsula between England and Germany Two Admirals in charge of both fleets: Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer (Left) and Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (Right)

7 The Battle British forces intercepted a German message containing a plan to attack them on May 28th However, Admiral Scheer postponed the attack due to bad weather Attempted to plan another attack down by the Jutland Peninsula, however Britain intercepted this plan as well Vice Admiral Jellicoe moved his fleet down to the Jutland Peninsula, awaiting the attack

8 Aftermath of the Battle The British suffered losses, but not nearly as many as Germany Germany s fleet was damaged beyond repair, crippling their naval capabilities British Losses: 14 ships and roughly 6,000 men German Losses: 9 ships and roughly 2,500 men

9 British Naval Blockade of Germany

10 The Blockade of Germany Began in 1914 and ended 1919 Allied naval blockade of Northwest Germany Cut supply lines going into, and coming out of Germany Intent was to demoralise and starve resources to win the war

11 Effects of the Blockade Germany and Austria-Hungary could replace most of the supplies themselves, except for food German and Austria-Hungarian people starve Outbreak of riots Germany implements Unrestricted Submarine Warfare to calm the people

12 Submarine Warfare

13 The Submarine Submarines were actually invented in 1620 The First World War was the first time that submarines were used effectively in naval combat Submarines could sneak up on unsuspecting ships and sink Allied ships undetected

14 Submarine Warfare In retaliation for the naval blockade, the Germans used U-boats (a type of submarine) to attack British convoys The British called this warfare unjustified and unfair Germany declares that waters around Britain are a war zone The Germans attacked any ship, regardless if they were Allied or Neutral

15 Retaliation for German Submarines After the sinking of the Lusitania, Woodrow Wilson persuaded Germany to restrict Submarine Warfare Germany signed the Sussex Pledge which stopped them sinking non-militaristic boats Germany eventually abandoned using U-boats because the restrictions were too tight Decided to continue U-boat warfare on February 1st 1917

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