During WWI, many conflicts occurred between nations due to the alliances that had been created at the time. According to the article "Germany's Dissatisfaction" by Danny Blas, Germany from the Central Powers was blockaded by Great Britain who was on the other side which was the Allies. Great Britain soon saw that the U.S. was shipping ammunition to Germany so, they decided to take a step and create a blockade.
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In the picture we see the boundaries between the nations Source |
Then the U.S. found out about what was happening they decided to stop sending ships to deliver supplies in consequence it upset the Germans. Approximately 750,000 Germans died from starvation as the result of the British blockade. The Blockade was intercepting every U.S. boat and didn't let any supplies come to the Germans so they took action and attacked.
Germany in response for their attack used U-Boats to sink British ships not caring who were on the ships. A tragic experience that Americans faced was in May 7, 1915 when many American were lost.
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Woodrow Wilson try to prevent war and make peace. Source |
The U.S. president Woodrow Wilson at the time didn't want to get involved in physical action with Germany instead they tried to come to an agreement. The U.S. mediate a compromise between Germany and Britain. Woodrow Wilson through WWI wanted to keep things calmed and not go into physical action and prevent to go to war because of the blockade.
If I livid during WWI in my opinion i would agree with the goal that Woodrow Wilson had in mind. I believe the idea was a good start to first be calmed prevent war and try to talk things out. Then come out with an agreement.
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