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Europe Goes to War
What effect was the British blockade likely to have had on the shipping of the Central powers? Why?
What do the Western and Eastern fronts suggest about the progress of the war as of 1916? About the nature of the war in general, especially when combined with the effect of the blockade?
What generalizations can be made about the nations that combined to form the two alliances? What made a nation gravitate toward one side or the other?