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    Title

  • Der U-Boot-Krieg

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 65 x 50 cm

  • Date

    1918

  • Place of Publication

    Berlin :

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    Poster shows an image of a scale with blue barrels, indicating the number of fleets of submarines that have been built and also been sunk in the year 1918. The scale is superimposed over an image of a naval fleet.

  • Subject

    World War, 1914-1918; Posters, Facsimiles; Ships

  • Genre

    Posters; War posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1900-1910

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

In order to fight England's navy, the German army in World War I came to rely upon the use of submarines (Unterseeboot, or U-Boot). The number of submarines increased from 28 (1914) to a total of 371, of which 178 were lost by the end of the war.

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Citation

Der U-Boot-Krieg, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [I.15].