My final project will locate and analyze significant Atlantic naval battles prior to and during WWI. I will show movement and battle sights of Axis and Entente vessels through an interactive map via scribblemaps.com. My goal is to illustrate significant naval interactions in the Atlantic that caused tensions to rise, precluded full on battles, and, of course, were the reason behind, or part of, The Great War. Maps, in my opinion, are a window into the era being researched. They offer intangibles crucial to the understanding an historian, or any inquirer for that matter, needs in order to convey fresh insight. Additionally, maps allow for a break in the monotony of historical literature one encounters in research. On my topic specifically, my hope is to show how naval movement in the Atlantic influenced battle decisions being made on all sides. From mid 19th century to the end of WWI, naval technologies had grown exponentially creating competition between empires. Because of this, all sides had significant prowess in the water, turning the Atlantic into an extremely important battlefield during WWI. The ability to see exactly where opposite side encounters took place aquatically allows for a more translucent view of the \u201cwhy\u201d behind certain battle decisions. My project will analyze these decisions and their outcomes with bullet points at each location explaining who, what, where, when, and why.<\/p>\n

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