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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 ...
On 2 September 1914 the German gunboat Jaguar sank the stranded Japanese destroyer Shirotae. [16] On 5 September a Japanese reconnaissance airplane scouted the port and reported that the Asian German fleet had departed, the Japanese ordered the dreadnought, pre-dreadnought, and cruiser to leave the blockade. [ 1 ]
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 ...
Blockade of Germany may refer to: Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) during World War I; Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) during World War II
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)
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)
On 7 August 1914, Britain officially asked for assistance in destroying German naval units in China and Japan formally declared war on Germany on 23 August 1914, followed by Austria-Hungary on 25 August 1914. [50] On 2 September 1914, Japanese forces surrounded the German Treaty Port of Qingdao, then known as Tsingtao, which surrendered on 7 ...
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.