Winning+the+war+at+sea

=Winning The War at Sea =  American troopships were not sunk on the way to europe thanks to American Admiral William S.Sims. The British were busy fighting German submarines. While merchant ships would race across the Atlantic. This enabled German submarines to cause the British losses on shipments. Mean while Sims proposed that merchant ships and troop transports be gathered into small groups called convoys. Which were protected by small maneuverable ships called destroyers.

 Russia Leaves The war
 March 1917, riots brake out in Russia over the governments handling of the war and the shortage of food and fuel. Czar Nicholas II the leader of the Russian Empire, left his throne. Marking the beginning of The Russian Revolution.  Causing the Political leadership in Russia to pass a provisional government. The provisional government wanted to keep Russia at war, but they couldn't handle the problems affecting the nation such as food shortage. Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Boshevik Party over threw the provisional government and established a Communist government in November 1917.  Lenin's first act was to pull Russia out of the war and focus on establishing a Communist state. Lenin agrees to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with germany ,with this treaty Russia lost a lot of territory. Such as Ukraine, its Polish and Baltic territories, and Finland.