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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 ...
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)
Naval warfare in World War I was mainly characterised by blockade. The Allied powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, largely succeeded in their blockade of Germany and the other Central Powers, whilst the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade, or to establish an effective counter blockade with submarines and commerce raiders, were eventually unsuccessful.
The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies, largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean, as part of a mutual blockade between the German Empire and the United Kingdom.
Blockade of Germany may refer to: Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) during World War I; Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) during World War II
Osborne, Eric W. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914–1919 (Psychology Press, 2004) Ritschl, A. (2005), "The Pity of Peace: Germany's Economy at War, 1914–1918", in Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison, eds. The Economics of World War I (2005) ch 2 pp 41–76. Siney, Marion C. The Allied Blockade of Germany, 1914–1916. Greenwood ...
German invasion of Belgium (1914) [19] to outflank the French army. Rape of Belgium. Politics: Britain protests against the violation of Belgian neutrality, guaranteed by the Treaty of London (1839), The German Chancellor replies that the treaty is just a chiffon de papier (a scrap of paper).
In 1914 the most powerful German ship in the Indian Ocean was the light cruiser Königsberg.After an engine failure following her sinking of the British protected cruiser HMS Pegasus, Königsberg and her supply ship Somali hid in the delta of the Rufiji River while Königsberg's damaged machinery was transported overland to Dar es Salaam for repair.