HIS 1110 : HIS 1110 October 6.rtf
Document Summary
The german govt, bc of us protests, changed procedures in sinking civilian ships. Jan 1917- german govt announced a policy of unrestricted warfare, that they would sink anyone coming near the british isles. This new german policy brings the us into the war, which had been neutral until then. May 31, 1916- battle of jutland. both the central powers and the allies claimed victory, so it was a stalemate. Mediterranean- 1915: attempt to break into straits of dardanelles caucasus. Armenians: lived partly in russia and partly in turkey. Ww1, as a result, in 1915, 1. 5 million armenians were massacred. Considered the 1st genocide of the 20th century. War might have ended in 1916 in a generous stalemate and possibly a compromised peace could have been signed. Allied mastery on the sea nullified the successes won by the central powers on land. The belligerents had come to realize that a continuance could become disproportionate slaughter and have numerous expenses.
