HIS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Nivelle Offensive, U-Boat, Zimmermann Telegram
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Nivelle offensive, 16 apr 9 may: first day very successful, advance of 4 miles, 20,000 prisoners, bogs down for the remainder of the offensive, eventual mutiny of the troops. National defense act, may 1916: doubles the size of the us army, starts slow increase in military readiness. Q-boats: fully armed ships that appear to be merchant ships, attack u-boats disguised as merchant ships. Peace proposals: peace on german terms, too much invested, not to win, woodrow wilson"s peace proposal, no one is willing to show their demands for peace, all sides want total victory, want victory to justify their losses. February 1, 1917: unrestricted submarine warfare, sink everything, turnip winter at home, no food, no coffee, people are starving. 19 february 2017: zimmerman telegram decoded by room 40, offers mexico texas, new mexico and arizona in return for joining. Navy 2nd largest in the world.
