WW1 by sea: allies

By Anajuliaamaral

  • The Allies blockaded German ports

    (1914-1919)

  • British continued naval supremacy

    British continued naval supremacy meant that it could transport 8.5 million troops across the British Empire, in the last year of the war it helped transport US soldiers across the Atlantic and kept supply routes open to the allies (1914- 1918)

  • Gallipoli Battle

    The Allies tried an offensive by the sea against Ottoman Empire by the Mediterranean sea. This event is known as the Gallipoli Battle and resulted in Allies’ defeat

  • Royal Navy destroyed one of the main German squadrons at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914

  • Britain implemented the convoy system

    Britain implemented the convoy system that facilitated merchant ships to have a naval escort and by October 1917, a total of 99 convoys had reached harbour safely and with only 10 vessels lost