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The Blockade of Germany, or the Blockade of Europe, occurred from 1914 to 1919. The prolonged naval blockade was conducted by the Allies during and after World War I [1] in an effort to restrict the maritime supply of goods to the Central Powers, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. The blockade is considered one of ...
Included mainly Germany but also the entire Central Powers. The Allied blockade of Germany continued for a year after the Armistice until it signed the Treaty of Versailles. [4] 1915–1918 Lebanon Ottoman Empire: Middle Eastern theatre of World War I [5] 1936 Spanish Morocco: Spain: Spanish Civil War
Blockade of Germany may refer to: Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) during World War I; Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) during World War II
The beachside of the city of Ostende in 1915. As British forces on the southeast coast of Britain regrouped, remanned and repaired following heavy losses at Zeebrugge, Keyes planned a return to Ostend with the intention of blocking the canal and consequently severing Bruges from the sea, closing the harbour and trapping the 18 U-boats and 25 destroyers present for months to come.
The Battle of the Rufiji Delta was fought in German East Africa (modern Tanzania) from October 1914–July 1915 during the First World War, between the German Navy's light cruiser SMS Königsberg, and a powerful group of British warships. The battle was a series of attempts, ultimately successful, to sink the blockaded German light cruiser.
Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) Naval operations of the Kamerun campaign (1914) Battle of Ukoko (1914) First Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) Sinking of the SMS Cap Trafalgar (1914) Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914) Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby (1914) Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) Battle of Jutland (1916)
The British blockade highlighted major flaws in German wartime society. Although the German economy was an international juggernaut that "managed to produce most of the industrial requirements of the war," the nation "failed to secure a sufficiency of food."
Moeller, Robert G. German Peasants and Agrarian Politics, 1914–1924: The Rhineland and Westphalia (1986). online edition Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine; Offer, Avner. The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation (1991), on food supply of Britain and Germany; Osborne, Eric. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919 (2004)