Comments on: does the blockade of German ports and new technology during ww1 have a link? http://tandatek.com/new-technology/does-the-blockade-of-german-ports-and-new-technology-during-ww1-have-a-link discovering new stuff Sat, 08 May 2010 13:07:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ammianus http://tandatek.com/new-technology/does-the-blockade-of-german-ports-and-new-technology-during-ww1-have-a-link/comment-page-1#comment-1643 ammianus Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:55:59 +0000 http://tandatek.com/new-technology/does-the-blockade-of-german-ports-and-new-technology-during-ww1-have-a-link#comment-1643 Not really. The British navy conducted equally effective blockades, on a much wider scale, during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. There was no connection to the US entry into the war.In fact, had the Allies known how seriously the blockade was effecting Germany, particularly on the Home Front, they would have realized that American entry was not necessary to win the war; Germany was forced into surrender by the effects of the naval blockade, as is made clear in Ludendorff's memoirs.<br><b>References : </b><br> Not really.

The British navy conducted equally effective blockades, on a much wider scale, during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.

There was no connection to the US entry into the war.In fact, had the Allies known how seriously the blockade was effecting Germany, particularly on the Home Front, they would have realized that American entry was not necessary to win the war; Germany was forced into surrender by the effects of the naval blockade, as is made clear in Ludendorff’s memoirs.
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