Yuno yourself
In the World War One era, it was vital for cargo ships to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the transport of supplies from the USA to Western Europe. The major danger in this was that German submarines were able to use torpedoes to sink ships, both military and merchant vessels. The ship sailing formation called a convoy was designed to protect ships in the convoy and to destroy German submarines.
Your teacher is probably referring to the "Convoy System" that was developed by the British Royal Navy & used by the Allies. It meant that merchant ships with the same cruising speeds traveled together in a group or "convoy". The group may be escorted by Navy warships that were capable of protecting the merchants from German U-boats, Q-ships, or surface raiders. Ships that were very slow, or fast would not travel in a convoy.
World war 1 became entrenched because of the alliance system
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Yuno yourself
Williams S. Sims
No, it was the web of alliances European nations created for their defense.
Great Blunders of WWII - 1998 The Scattering of Convoy PQ17 1-12 was released on: USA: 1998
William Sims was a US a naval admiral who commanded US naval forces in Europe during WW I. He devised the tactics of convoy system to safeguard merchant shipping from German action in Atlantic.
-Introduction of Convoy system This greatly reduced losses to U-boats. -Introduction of USA into war Huge industrial production and build-up of American forces -British attack at Cambrai -Villers-Bretonneaux
In the World War One era, it was vital for cargo ships to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the transport of supplies from the USA to Western Europe. The major danger in this was that German submarines were able to use torpedoes to sink ships, both military and merchant vessels. The ship sailing formation called a convoy was designed to protect ships in the convoy and to destroy German submarines.
The convoy was the primary method of protection. In addition to secrecy, the convoy zigged and zagged making it difficult for the enemy to complete firing solutions and predict where the ships were going to be in the future.
Your teacher is probably referring to the "Convoy System" that was developed by the British Royal Navy & used by the Allies. It meant that merchant ships with the same cruising speeds traveled together in a group or "convoy". The group may be escorted by Navy warships that were capable of protecting the merchants from German U-boats, Q-ships, or surface raiders. Ships that were very slow, or fast would not travel in a convoy.
World war 1 became entrenched because of the alliance system
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world war 1 had a profound effect on the british class system due to traditional roles having to change to adapt to the war.