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We entered World War 1 because of a German submarine attack on U.S. merchant ships in 1917.
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How was human hair used in World War 2?
Human hair was used by the German military to make slippers for the men on their subs. The hair came from the death camps.
How many ships were at the Battle of Midway and what type were they carriers destroyers battleships subs?
USN had 3 carriers and 50 support vessels; IJN had 4 carriers, 7 battlehips and 150 support vessels.
Did the british have any subs in World War 2?
Yes. Midget subs.
Why German lost in battle of the Atlantic?
German subs had to surface for air. They couldn't avoid being seen by aircraft launched by CVE's; Escort Carriers, also known as "Jeep Carriers", "Baby Flattops." It was akin to rabbits being attacked by hawks and eagles everytime the rabbit came out of it's hole.
The promise by Germany in 1916 to stop sinking merchant ships without warning?
The international rules of war...and yes, there ARE rules of war!.. in 1916 were that submarines had to surface, ask a ship to stop, send over a crew in a small boat, examine the ships papers, and then decide if it was OK to sink the ship after the crew had been given a chance to abandon ship. As you can imagine, this didn't work too well, and Germany was losing WW1 because it was blockaded by the British Navy and couldn't do much about ships bringing supplies into England under the rules above. Every time the Germans would start sinking ships without warning, the US would protest, and to keep the US out of the war the Germans would modify their behavior for a while. Eventually they realized they were done if they couldn't stop the British from importing what the British needed, so turned to unrestricted submarine warfare and that brought America into the war. It is also to be noted that, 22 years later when WW2 broke out, US, German, Japanese and British subs never even pretended to do the stop and search routine but just fired away from the beginning.
Did German subs sink allies ships within views of the us?
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What did the submarines do after the attack on pearl harbor?
IJN & USN subs went looking for ships to sink.
Why did the Royal Navy not use any German subs captured during Operation Deadlight?
Operation Deadlight was the scuttling in deep waters of most of the German subs. So a LOT of German subs were used there to be sunk. The Navy did retain a number and used most of them for target practice later on. Some lived on to be museum ships. But the sheer number of the German subs captured meant scuttling was the only option: the Allies were already waist-deep in surplus ships and subs themselves and many of those were scuttled or scrapped as well.
Where were submarines used in world war 2?
German subs fought "Guerre de Course." (Merchant Sinkings) Japanese subs fought "Guerre de Escadre." (Warships vs Warships) US subs fought both.
A nickname for group of German subs?
U-boats, packs of German U-boats searching for American ships were called wolf packs
Why did German submarines begin sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning?
Because the soon to be sunk merchant ship was radioing the subs position to the allies the whole time the sub was standing by awaiting for the ship to get it's passengers safely off. The sub was spending TOO MUCH TIME on the surface exposed to enemy hunter killer teams. German subs were being sunk and experienced skippers (captains) and their men were being killed because they were "being kind" (also known as "too nice"). If "ships to be sunk" did not radio off the sub's position, and if enemy hunter killer teams didn't destroy so many German Subs/Skippers/and crewmen; then the "Restricted" warfare would have cost the Germans nothing, and they would have and could have...continued.
What were the specific contributions of the attack at Pearl Harbor?
Mini-Subs launched from mother ships; dive bombers, torpedo bombers, and fighters.
German wolf of to you-boat travel together to attck allied ships?
Two or more subs made up a wolf pack.
Did US or German subs sink more ships?
The Germans sunk more, cause the US didn't have many, and most of them were in the Pacific.
What are the German subs called?
German subs are known as Unterseeboote, U-Bootefor short.
Why were German subs along US coast in World War 2?
They were there to sink as many ships as possible. Some were given the role of landing spies but that was always subordinate to the role of sinking ships.
How much attack power did the German U-boats have?
Same as subs from other nations. The first German U-Boats, such as U1 (launched in 1906) which originated from a batch of subs sold to Russia during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 had one torpedo tube. By WWII some subs had 6 tubes, plus a deck gun.
