The Weapon That Cannot Be Silenced:
Mines in the Black Sea After the First World War and the Problems They Cause
Abstract
Among the most frequently utilized weapons in the First World War were naval mines, which have the ability to harm the enemy the most while costing the least. The major grounds for their preference were that they did not require any human involvement other than to prepare the required equipment and release it into the ocean and that they were made to last in the sea for a very long period of time without degrading. Unfortunately, because they could not be recovered immediately after a battle, these weapons, which offered enormous advantages against the enemy during the conflict, often remained to pose a menace after it had finished. As a case study, this essay intends to investigate the post-war situation of the hundreds of mines placed in the Black
Sea during the First World War, mine detection and clearance activities, and the issues they raised. The article’s thesis is that conflicts can have long-lasting impacts.
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