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British Isles war zone

Relief map of Great Britain and Ireland from the south with the North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic Ocean, and northwestern Europe: France, Belgium, Holland, and Scandinavia. The war-zone outlined on the map was declared on February 4, 1915. On May 7, the Lusitania entered the war zone southwest of Ireland. Map Text: Atlantisch Ozean, Nord-See, Kanal - Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, English Channel Kriegs-Gebiets-Grenze - War-zone-boundary Caption: Westlichen Kriegschauplatz: Nr. 97. Karte III: Die Gewässer um Großbritannien und Irland werden als Kriegsgebiet erklärt. Serie 47/4 Western front: No. 97 Map III: The waters around Britain and Ireland will be declared a war zone. Series 47/4 Reverse: Ausgabe des Kriegsfürsorgeamtes Wien IX. Zum Gloria-Viktoria Album Sammel. u. Nachschlagewerk des Völkerkrieges War Office Assistance Edition, Vienna IX For Gloria Victoria album Collection and reference book of International war

Relief map of Great Britain and Ireland, the North Sea, English Channel, and Atlantic Ocean, with northwestern Europe: France, Belgium, Holland, and Scandinavia. The war-zone outlined on the map was declared on February 4, 1915. On May 7, the Lusitania entered the war zone southwest of Ireland.

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Map Text:

Atlantisch Ozean, Nord-See, Kanal - Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, English Channel

Kriegs-Gebiets-Grenze - War-zone-boundary



Caption:

Westl[ichen] Kriegschaupl[atz]: Nr. 97. Karte III: Die Gewässer um Großbritannien und Irland werden als Kriegsgebiet erklärt. Serie 47/4

Western front: No. 97 Map III: The waters around Britain and Ireland will be declared a war zone. Series 47/4



Reverse:

Ausgabe des Kriegsfürsorgeamtes Wien IX.

Zum Gloria-Viktoria Album

Sammel. u. Nachschlagewerk des Völkerkrieges

War Office Assistance Edition, Vienna IX

For Gloria Victoria album

Collection and reference book of international war

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As part of its campaign of submarine warfare, on February 4, 1915, Germany declared a war zone around the British Isles in which all shipping, allied or neutral, would be sunk without warning.

Germany's declaration followed that by Great Britain that had declared the entire North Sea a military zone as of November 5, 1914.

British Isles war zone is a war zone.

Founded: February 4, 1915