War at sea Flashcards
The blockade of germany
-in … 19…. Britain declared the … Sea as a war …, and that any … ships could be … and have their cargo …
-this … meant … could not get … supplies
-in November 1914 Britain declared the North Sea as a war zone, and that any German ships could be boarded and have their cargo seized
-this blockade meant Germany could not get vital supplies
When was the battle of Jutland
May 1916
German Plan for the battle of Jutland
-German … Reinhard … felt to … the British … they had to … it into the … sea
-he planned for some German … to act as … in the … Sea where then the German … would … them
-German admiral Reinhard Scheer felt to defeat the British navy they had to force it into the open sea
-he planned for some German ships to act as bait in the North Sea where then the German fleet would trap them
The battle of Jutland
-the British … German … and knew the …
-despite this … ships were … before the … of the full German …
-the … ships planned to … the … on their way …
-there were … more … before … returned
-the British decoded German messages and knew the plan
-despite this 4 ships were sunk before the arrival of the full German fleet
-the British ships planned to attack the Germans on their way home
-there were 2 more firefights before Germans returned
Results of the battle of Jutland
-Germans … victory and they … a number of …
-… claimed victory as the Germans … and needed …
-the … remained in … for the rest of the …
-Germans claimed victory and they destroyed a number of ships
-British claimed victory as the Germans fled and needed repairs
-the British remained in harbour for the rest of the war
The u-boat campaigns
-… used … throughout the war
-they … British … ships
-in response the … laid … and … warships as … ships know as …
-for … British supply ships started to … in a … system surrounded by … and aircraft
—>this worked very …
-the Germans sunk the …, an … ship
-Germans used u-boats throughout the war
-they targeted British cargo ships
-in response the British laid mines and disguised warships as cargo ships know as Q-ships
-for protection British supply ships started to sail in a convoy system surrounded by warships and aircraft
—>this worked very well
-the Germans sunk the Lusitania, an American ship
