WWI g) The war in the air and on the sea

1.Planes: – Air warfare does not have paramount importance in 1914 – It is mostly used for recognition; that is to say, observing the movements of the enemy artillery, identifying and obtaining photos – However, the aircrafts were armed with machine guns and rifles and also bricks are used to attack enemy aircraft – The pilots have somehow become knights of the modern times. One thinks of Roy Brown who shot the famous Red Baron of Germany and Billy Bishop who, alone, shot down 72 enemy aircrafts

g) The war in the air and on the sea 2.The German submarines: – A formidable weapon of war where each unit is armed with 12 torpedoes, they dove to a depth of meters, but they could not be sunk until they were on the surface – By the end of 1914, the Germans had already threatened the British navy (they had sunk 200 ships loaded with replenishment) because they knew that the domination of the seas was key to victory

g) The war in the air and on the sea – So the Germans tried to make a naval blockade because they knew England, island nation, needed its goods shipped to the country by sea – Six billion tons of goods were destroyed – So the German maritime strategy was to starve and submit the UK by depriving it of war materials, troops, raw materials, etc..

g) The war in the air and on the sea 3.The British naval blockade: – The UK has also responded to the German naval blockade by its own blockade, cutting off Germany's supplies by sea. – The efficiency was such that Germany was almost out of resources during the winter of – Canada had contributed to the effort for the Allies: In 1918, there were 112 warships and 5,500 officers, commanded by an officer of the Royal Navy

g) The war in the air and on the sea 4.The Battle of Jutland – This is the only major naval battle that took place in the North Sea (peninsula of Denmark) between the British and the Germans – The British fleet was strong enough to prevent the invasion of the British Isles

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