Timeline for Why didn't Germany attack US ports with U-boats during WW II?
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| Jun 18, 2016 at 15:58 | comment | added | user16622 | Scarborough was also bombarded by surface vessels of the High Seas Fleet in WWI, which fired much larger shells into the town than any submarine could. (Hartlepool and Whitby were the other targets; also Lowestoft and Yarmouth later in the war) The shelling caused a number of civilian casualties and damage to property in the towns, but its chief effect was to put pressure on the Royal Navy to monitor German fleet activity and intercept any surface forces before they got close enough to cause harm. | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 13:06 | history | answered | user2357 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |