Flags of the World War, 1914. The Central Powers — Germany (with its national and battle flags) and Austria-Hungary — are above the Entente Allies — Russia and England (both naval rather than national flags), France, Belgium, Japan, Serbia, and Montenegro. Neutral nations are at the bottom. Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers in October 1914, and Bulgaria in October 1915. Rumania joined the Allies in August 1916. Greece had a more reluctant relationship with the Allies who occupied Salonika in 1915. Greece did not formally join the Allies until 1917.

Flaggenkarte zum Weltkrieg 1914.

Deutschland, Österreich, Deutsche Kriegsflagge, Ungarn, Russland, England, Frankreich, Belgien, Japan, Griechenland, Serbien, Montenegro, Bulgarien, Türkei, Rumänien



Flag Card of the World War 1914

Germany, Austria, German battle flag, Hungary, Russia, England, France, Belgium, Japan, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania

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Monday, July 10, 1916

"We have brought a most valuable cargo of dyestuffs to our American friends, dyestuffs which have been so much needed for months in America and which the ruler of the seas has not allowed the great American Republic to import. While England will not allow anybody the same right on the ocean because she rules the waves, we have, by means of the submarine, commenced to break this rule.

Great Britain cannot hinder boats such as ours to go and come as we please. . . .

Our boats will carry across the Atlantic the mails and save them from British interruption. We trust that the old friendly relationship with the United States, going back to the days of Washington, when it was Prussia who was the first to help America in its fight for freedom from British rule, will awake afresh in your beautiful and powerful country."

Quotation Context

Evading the English blockade, the German merchant submarine Deutschland surfaced in Chesapeake Bay on July 9, 1916, docked at Norfolk, Virginia, and sailed to Baltimore, Maryland the next day. The large submarine was capable of transporting goods such as rubber, nickel, and materials for explosives that Germany desperately needed. The governments of the Entente Allies jointly protested that the Deutschland was a warship rather than a merchant, and should be interned until the end of the war. The United States disagreed, and the submarine returned to Germany, arriving in Bremen on August 23. Deutschland made a second journey, reaching Long Island Sound and New London, Connecticut on November 1. After returning to Germany a second time, she failed to sail again. Her younger sister ship Bremen left for the United States, but never arrived. By April, 1917 the United States and Germany were at war, leaving few destinations for a merchant submarine.

Source

The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. IV, 1916, pp. 273-274, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920

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