Germany's U-boat Barred Zones—one-ship-a-week lane to Falmouth—Hammond 1918 map
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'The ‘Barred Zones’ which Germany Attempted to Erect around her Enemies (base title: Europe)'
Germany's U-boat war drawn as a blue noose around Britain. Hammond's map of Europe shades the "Barred Zones" in which Germany declared from February 1917 that shipping would be sunk without warning: the whole Atlantic approach to the British Isles and France, the Mediterranean from Spain to the Aegean, and the Arctic approach to Archangel. Two gaps tell the story of neutral rights — a "Safety Lane to Falmouth for one American ship per week" and a "Safety Lane to Greek Territorial Waters". Unrestricted submarine warfare brought America into the war, and the red Armistice Line of 11 November 1918 closes the account. Originally published in Two Thousand Questions and Answers About the War, New York 1918; printed across two pages, since joined.
Size 23 x 30 cm | 9.0 x 12.0 inches
Date Published: 1918
Type: Colour-printed political and naval map with blue exclusion zones and red armistice overprint.
Author: Hammond, C. S. & Co.
Publication: Two Thousand Questions and Answers About the War (2nd rev. ed.)
Condition: Good |
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