WW1 German Submarine

The World War, also called the Great War happened in Europe from 1914 up to 1918. The war was ignited by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip which lead on to the invasion of Serbia by Austria-Hungary. The conflicted sides in the war were: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria on one side; France, British Empire, Russia, Italy, USA and others on the Allied side.

Part of the German sub being paraded trough New York, 1918.

German U-Boats were important during the war, mainly to be used to destroy allied supply lines going from USA to Great Britain. The constant threat of u-boats lead to the grouping up of supply ships in convoys which would be escorted and protected by destroyer ships. The final tally was about 5.000 sunken Allied ships against 200 sunken subs.