Huge at the time, the British fleet effectively cut off all Germany’s maritime trade, blockading the North Sea and English Channel. In the years preceding the war, Germany massively expanded its undersea fleet, largely in an effort to counteract the vast naval power of the UK’s Royal Navy. Submarines, although coming into existence years earlier, saw their combat capability truly tested at the onset of the First World War. The Imperial German Navy’s ‘Unterseeboot’ defined the role of the submarine and, despite the name U-boat exiting mainstream use, the vessels are just as important today as they have ever been.
In today’s world submarines maintain their place as an integral part of naval forces, with submerged forces acting as silent guardians for the interests of the countries that control them. Please check your email to download the Whitepaper.
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