This forced Germans to build some of their own cables, super interesting history: https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/innovatingincombat/yap-island-german-cable-telegrap

This forced Germans to build some of their own cables, super interesting history: https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/innovatingincombat/yap-island-german-cable-telegraphy-world-war-one/index.html https://blogs.mhs.ox.ac.uk/innovatingincombat/yap-island-ger...