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The German General Staff did not want the US in the war. After Germany sank the French ship Sussex, Wilson threatened to break off diplomatic relations with Germany, the first step before declaring war, unless Germany agreed to stop the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. The German foreign office agreed to observed the rules of search or visit before attacking enemy ships that were not armed. This, Germany hoped, would appease the US and keep them out of the war.
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∙ 9y agoIn the Sussex Pledge Germany promised to change its naval warfare policy.
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What pledge was made by a Germany not to sink liners without warning?
The Sussex Pledge of 1916 was a promise from the Germans. It was intended to stop civilian deaths during the First World War.
What was the Sussex Pledge?
The Sussex pledge was an agreement between the U.S and Germany. Germany agreed not to sink merchant vessels without warning or without assuring the passengers safety.
How did the Germans break the sussex pledge?
The Sussex pledge was wrote to mean that Germans could not invade foreign ships with that countrys citizens aboard. Hitler did exactly that because the ship held Jews. So to kill them he sank their ship.
What did Germany use to warn neutral ships and passenger vessels before attacking?
Sussex Pledge
What pledge did Germany sign agreeing to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare?
It was the Sussex Pledge signed in 1916. It was an agreement between the U.S. and Germany, to protect merchant ships from German U-boats.
How did Germany delay the United states entrance into the war?
by signing the sussex pledge
What pledge was made by a Germany not to sink liners without warning?
The Sussex Pledge of 1916 was a promise from the Germans. It was intended to stop civilian deaths during the First World War.
What did the Sussex Pledge say?
The Sussex Pledge was made by Germany after the US threatened to cancel diplomatic relations with Germany after Germany sunk a French channel ferry, Sussex, during WWI. The pledge stated that German submarines would not target passenger ships or merchant ships unless the presence of weapons had been established.
What was the Sussex Pledge?
The Sussex pledge was an agreement between the U.S and Germany. Germany agreed not to sink merchant vessels without warning or without assuring the passengers safety.
. How did Germany delay the US' entrance into the war?
by avoiding sinking of US vessels by German submarines............... but, after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Germany declared was on the U.S.
When did Germany declare a submarine blockade off the coast of Britain?
Sussex Pledge
What is the name of the pledge made by Germany not to sink liners without warning?
Sussex
How did the Germans break the sussex pledge?
The Sussex pledge was wrote to mean that Germans could not invade foreign ships with that countrys citizens aboard. Hitler did exactly that because the ship held Jews. So to kill them he sank their ship.
What did Germany use to warn neutral ships and passenger vessels before attacking?
Sussex Pledge
Who did Germany's Sussex Pledge specifically require to obey international laws regarding war?
Britain
Which pledge was not closely associated with germany's actions during world war 1?
The Sussex pledge, was not associated with Germany's actions.
What pledge did Germany sign agreeing to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare?
It was the Sussex Pledge signed in 1916. It was an agreement between the U.S. and Germany, to protect merchant ships from German U-boats.
