The first victory that came to the German U-boats was over the British liner Athenia (Pitt, 8). ... The most important import that Britain was receiving was their oil that was critical to the running of any war machines that Britain had, without oil that was being ship through thousands of miles of open sea, Britain would not be a threat in the war (Pitt, 17). ... By the time the first and second fleets of U-boats had arrived in Cape Hatteras, 46 United States ships had been sunk and only one U-boat had been lost (Jordan, 107). ... Technology and air support also helped in the reduction of the...

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The new weapons were machine guns, mortars, poison gases, tanks, airplanes, and u-boats. ... Other new machines were tanks, airplanes, and u-boats. ... U-boats were under water boats that were mostly used for suicide missions. ... The U-boats also fired torpedoes that destroyed other ships. ... For infantry to attack across open ground against trenches defended by plentiful machine guns was simply mass suicide. ...

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The Germans cause to attack the liner was that it was secretly carrying weapons therefore it was a reasonable target for the Germans to attack, however, their unrestricted U-boat warfare in 1915 (ended after U.S declare it is an "infringement of the freedom of the seas" 1916) was going to cost them dearly when in 1917 they restarted this campaign. The unrestricted U-boat campaign was a German declaration that said that allied ships would be sunk without warning, to America this seemed barbaric and directly violated the Monroe Doctrine. ... The Germans were anxious not to alienate America and n...

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Americans had been concerned about the Open Door policy toward China and the possession of the Philippine Islands. ... The U-Boat threat was also an issue because American ships went down as a result of it. ... Wilson's decision was ultimately changed when Germany began its plan for U-boats to sink on sight all ships. ...

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The Allies began landing on the eastern coast of Italy attempting to open the road to Rome. ... By spring 1944 Allied bombers were pounding Germany and the German U-Boats were no longer a threat. ... Prior to May of 1943 the Germans were used their U-Boat threat to help maintain several weather stations throughout the Atlantic. After May of 1943 with the lose of their U-Boat threat the Germans were largely ignorant of the weather patterns. ...

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Woodrow Wilson, who served two terms in office, was a great democratic leader in many areas. The accomplishments of his two terms are often overshadowed by his accomplishments of World War one. Wilson was a very good leader despite his poor health that he had to deal with since early childhood. ...

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Women got to like work and were hoping for this avenue to stay open for them even after the war had ended. ... The boat they were in sunk causing 12 of them to drown, the others made it to shore and spent two days on an island. ... The Japanese took them down the beach and opened fire! ...

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Septimus Warren Smith and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Works Cited Dowling, David. Mrs. Dalloway: Mapping Streams of Consciousness. Boston, MA: Twayne Publishing, 1991. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ...

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The Importance and Effects of U.S. Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. The 1900's marked the beginning of a drastic change in the economy, communications and technologie...

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