U-boat campaign
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The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies, largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Medite
A German postcard depicting the U-boat SM U-20 sinking RMS Lusitania
German U-boat U-14
General warning issued by Imperial German Embassy, appearing coincidentally alongside an advert for the Lusitania, published a day before the ship sailed.
Claimed effectiveness: Artist's conception of a U-boat commander's periscope view of a merchant ship in dazzle camouflage (left) and the same ship uncamouflaged (right), Encyclopædia Britannica, 1922. The conspicuous markings obscure the ship's heading.
Commerce raiding
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Commerce raiding is a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than engaging its combatants or enforcing a blo
The Bermuda Gazette of 12 November 1796, calling for privateering against the Spanish Empire and its allies, and with advertisements for crew for two privateer vessels
Gari Melchers War Highsmith