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Q: How did Germany attempt to counteract British naval strength during World War 1?
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What was Germany's final attempt to break the allied lines?

Germany's final attempt to break the allied lines was at the battle of the bulge where the Germans went on the full offensive to regain their land but failed.


What battle of December 1944 did Germany have its last attempt at success?

the Battle of the Bulge


What strategy did the British use in an attempt to finish the war and bring the colonies back into the capture?

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Why a naval arms race had started with Germany in World War 1?

The arms race began because of the increasing aspirations of The German King, Kaiser Wilhelm II. he realized that England's colonial monopolies prevented Germany from expanding it's economic reach around the world and determined late in the 19th century to become a Colonial Empire of its own. Therefore they needed to build a Navy that could stand up to The British Royal Navy. when the British Built the Dreadnought in 1907 every other "battleship" immediately became obsolete, so all of the world's powers commenced to building All Big Gun Battleships so that their Navies would not become ineffective. England was forced to build as many "dreadnoughts" as she could to comply with her strategic imperative to have a navy capable of dealing with any two other of the world's most powerful navies, therefore the Building Race prior to 1914. France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, the U.S.A., Japan, and even the Ottoman Empire took to building them. Heck even countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Chile got in on the act. At the Start of WWI Germany had the world's second largest fleet of Dreadnoughts and was a significant threat to Britain's global Naval Superiority, however due to Germany not having direct access to the Atlantic Ocean, but only through the North Sea, put a huge restriction upon Germany's ability to effectively use their Navy to Challenge the British Fleet. Hence the British strategy of Blockading Germany's access to world markets and supplies, and Germany's subsequent loss of the war. The British blockade was only seriously challenged one time during the war , resulting in the Battle of Jutland in May of 1916, (which is technically a draw, but because of the British blockade not being broken was a strategic British victory). Therefore Germany had no other recourse but attempt to use other means to break the British blockade, i.e. U-boats. Unfortunately those tactics eventually lead to the U.S. entering the War on the allies side and dooming Germany to failure.


Major operations of World War 2 in Europe?

These are a few Allied campaigns: Operation Torch was the British and American invasion of North Africa. Operation Husky was the Allied invasion of Sicily. Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day Operation Market Garden was an Allied attempt to enter Germany by controlling several bridges and cities in the Netherlands. The operation was a major failure however.

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An attempt by Nazis to unify Germany and austria in 1934 was blocked by?

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