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| rdfs:label | - Atlantic U-boat Campaign (World War I)
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| rdfs:comment | - The Atlantic U-boat Campaign of World War I was the naval campaign fought by German U-boats in Atlantic waters - the seas around the British Isles, the North Sea, and the coast of France. Initially directed against the British Grand Fleet, later it was extended to include action against the trade routes of the Entente Powers. The campaign was highly destructive, and resulted in the loss of nearly half of Britain's merchant marine fleet during the course of the war.
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| Partof | - the Naval theatre of World War I
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| Date | - August 1914 – October 1918
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| Place | - Western Approaches, English Channel, North Sea
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| abstract | - The Atlantic U-boat Campaign of World War I was the naval campaign fought by German U-boats in Atlantic waters - the seas around the British Isles, the North Sea, and the coast of France. Initially directed against the British Grand Fleet, later it was extended to include action against the trade routes of the Entente Powers. The campaign was highly destructive, and resulted in the loss of nearly half of Britain's merchant marine fleet during the course of the war. The campaign and the Allied response is also known as the Battle of the Atlantic. To counter the German submarines, the allies moved shipping into convoys guarded by destroyers, blockades such as the Dover Barrage and minefields were laid and aircraft patrols monitored the U-boat bases. The U-boat campaign was not able to cut off supplies before the US entered the war in 1917 and in later 1918, the U-boat bases were abandoned in the face of the Allied advance.
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