Pl. 78
Plate 78 of 87 · Class VIII, Ships & submarines
U-boat
From Unterseeboot, "undersea boat": a German submarine. U-boats sank millions of tons of Allied shipping and nearly cut Britain's lifeline in 1917.
Mentioned in
- Chapter IV Deadlock §10 The Lusitania, Zeppelins and the War in the Air
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition §6 Jutland: The Day of the Dreadnoughts§10 Romania's Gamble and Germany's New Masters
- Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions Overview§1 Germany's Gamble: The U-boats and the Zimmermann Telegram§5 Messines and Passchendaele
- Chapter VII The Last Gamble §10 The Eleventh Hour: Compiègne
- Chapter XI War on Waves and Wings Overview§4 The U-Boat War in Four Phases§5 Barrages and Raids: Dover, Otranto and Zeebrugge
- Chapter XIII A World on Fire §7 The Americas: Neutrality, Telegram and Entry