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Why did germans feel unrestricted submarine warfare would help end World War 1?

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Why did germans feel unrestricted submarine warfare would help end World War 1?

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England controlled the seas, having both the largest fleet and the easiest access to the oceans. The German fleet was large but could be easily bottled up so the German High Command saw Submarine warfare as a method of reducing the impact of the English Battleships AND of affecting morale in England by forcing rationing on the population.