War+At+Sea-+U-Boats






 * ===Britain had a numerically superior surface naval fleet.===
 * ===German battleships and cruisers had come face to face with British Navy several times, at Heligoland Bight, Jutland etc===
 * ===Although Germany was able to inflict more damage than they recieved, they realized they wouldn't win a conventional naval war with Britain===
 * ===The Battle of Jutland had great importance in influencing the tactics used by German Navy Commanders===
 * ===Hence, German command looked into the possibility of using their new technology- U-Boats===
 * ===U-Boats have played an important role in the German Navy already, assisting them in battles, particularly the Heligoland Battle, and were active in the Mediterranean as well===
 * ===**U-Boats were designed to be stealthy, and often offered effective raids**===
 * === **The advantage was that since sonar or radar has not been developed yet at the time, boats under water were undetectable. The weapon it carries, the torpedo, can sink a ship on a single hit, so avoiding a U-Boat was extremely difficult** ===
 * ===**Disadvantage, however, was that the U-Boat can hardly move while underwater as well as blind. Even when travelling on surface, their speed was below most other warships**===
 * ===Admiral Hugo Von Pohl would publicize the decision of German Navy's submarines to start attacking merchant vessels around Britain===
 * ===**Submarines were also used as mine-layers, which had initially puzzled the British as new minefields had mysteriously appeared; as well as blockade runners which sneaked past the British ships to America to conduct trade; as well as the large U-cruisers used to attack American ships across the Atlantic Ocean in the final years of the war.**===

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