Search results for Allied Blockade (1914-19).

ONLINE: 'How the 10th Cruiser Squadron won the War' by Dr Graham Kemp

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Image courtesy IWM/Collections: SP 1074 The armed merchant cruiser MOREA of the 10th Cruiser Squadron About the talk: During the First World War the 10th Cruiser Squadron operated the Northern Patrol, checking trade routes to Germany. This talk looks at the Allied Blockade of 1914-19 and tells how the Allies defeated Germany by siege/economic wa...


'The Winning and Losing of the Great War at Sea and the Feeding of Nations by Tom Scotland'

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The Royal Blockade and the U- boats.  The crucial restriction of food imports and raw materials to Germany resulted in the starvation of the German civilian population with terrible consequences.  British scientists, unlike their German counterparts, anticipated food shortages and made a major contribution to winning the war.