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and how were they used (as defence? or offense? or both?)? did it have a big impact on wwi?
which had a bigger impact on wwi? aircrafts or submarines?
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Submarines, or more properly "U-boats" had the greater effect, by far. They were still successfully sinking Allied ships when the surface navy sailors and soldiers in the trenches mutinied and brought down the Kaiser and his government.
Look at the map of the Atlantic. All the shipping lanes from North America to Britain and France cluster together, and can be swept with relative ease by a line of subs sailing west. Furthermore, the British Isles can only be approached from about six different directions. All you have to do is station a dozen or so U-boats around these approaches and pick off ships with ease as they come to you, instead of having to hunt them down on the high seas.
Military aviation at the time, while daring and romantic, was but a small part of the land war, and had little strategic effect, other than on morale and propaganda. It was left to the next war for that to take center stage.
Submarines are offensive stealth weapons. In general, they're just about useless on the surface, except against a smaller and less well armed opponent. Airplanes can be either offensive or defensive, but in WWI they were still too primitive to be serious threats against any major targets.
Submarines, or more properly "U-boats" had the greater effect, by far. They were still successfully sinking Allied ships when the surface navy sailors and soldiers in the trenches mutinied and brought down the Kaiser and his government.
Look at the map of the Atlantic. All the shipping lanes from North America to Britain and France cluster together, and can be swept with relative ease by a line of subs sailing west. Furthermore, the British Isles can only be approached from about six different directions. All you have to do is station a dozen or so U-boats around these approaches and pick off ships with ease as they come to you, instead of having to hunt them down on the high seas.
Military aviation at the time, while daring and romantic, was but a small part of the land war, and had little strategic effect, other than on morale and propaganda. It was left to the next war for that to take center stage.
Submarines are offensive stealth weapons. In general, they're just about useless on the surface, except against a smaller and less well armed opponent. Airplanes can be either offensive or defensive, but in WWI they were still too primitive to be serious threats against any major targets.
What is submarine canyon?
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I am doing a project for science and I need to know what submarine canyon is.
Answer
google:
Submarine canyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA Submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley on the sea floor of the continental slope. Many submarine canyons are found as extensions to large rivers; ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_canyon
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Submarine canyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA Submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley on the sea floor of the continental slope. Many submarine canyons are found as extensions to large rivers; ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_canyon
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