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Germany returned to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 because they hoped that by doing so they would be able to deprive Great Britain of food and war materials. Great Britain was heavily dependent on imports in order to maintain its war effort. By attacking Britain's shipping, Germany hoped that it could starve Britain into submission or weaken its war effort enough that the German army could defeat it on the Western Front.

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