World War I Series - Submarine Warfare

Please note: this is an online program, presented via Facebook Live. Join us to take another look at World War I military history, and learn about local and/or Rock Island Arsenal history related to WWI, with Kevin Braafaldt, historian with the Army Sustainment Command. This month's lecture considers the affect of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Note in America's entry to war.

This series is simulcast on Facebook Live with the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Davenport Public Library, and the Richardson-Sloane History Center. 

Image credit: The Library of Congress - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.17779. Bain News Service,, publisher. Submarine "U-14" [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.17779 Call Number: LC-B2- 3292-7