HIST 3700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Submarine Warfare, Leva Bates, Robert Nivelle
13 Nov 2017
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French uniform was updated adding a helmet and blue pants. Allied navies protected shipping and supporting the transportation of troops from the colonies and to other theatres. The british fleet blockaded germany"s sea coast, restricting imports of food and war materials which played an important role in undermining morale on the home front. Allied navies protected the coastline from invasion or attack. The german surface navy sought to raid merchant vessels and attack enemy towns and ports. British and french combat vessels and merchant shipping. U-boats operated out of ports in occupied belgium and germany. Later in the war, allied navies defended merchant shipping in convoys. Went after telegraph cable and telecommunications of the british. Carrying customers from liver pool to new york. To treat neutral shipping according to traditional prize laws. British wanted to come up with a way of lewering the germans out.
