The Lusitania Disaster: An Episode in Modern Warfare and DiplomacyA detailed account of the sensational U-boat sinking of the British passenger liner in 1915, exploring background causes and contexts, questions of cargo, conspiracy, and controversy, and the subsequent legends and stories. |
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... German armed merchantmen but against German submarines . He declared that freighters were under instructions not to resist heavily armed enemy warships , but they did in fact resist the lightly armed German submarines , in accordance ...
... German armed merchantmen but against German submarines . He declared that freighters were under instructions not to resist heavily armed enemy warships , but they did in fact resist the lightly armed German submarines , in accordance ...
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... German or otherwise , wondered aloud why a similar warning could not be given to those who embarked on belligerent passenger ships like the Lusitania.15 The Sensational German " Advertisement ” Numerous German - Americans in the United ...
... German or otherwise , wondered aloud why a similar warning could not be given to those who embarked on belligerent passenger ships like the Lusitania.15 The Sensational German " Advertisement ” Numerous German - Americans in the United ...
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... German - American subscribers , was more anti - British than pro - German . It argued that if the United States accorded Britain the right to buy munitions , then the State Department should not deny the Germans the right to sink them ...
... German - American subscribers , was more anti - British than pro - German . It argued that if the United States accorded Britain the right to buy munitions , then the State Department should not deny the Germans the right to sink them ...
Contents
THE LUSITANIA AS A POTENTIAL | 1 |
THE MYSTERY OF THE MOUNTED GUNS | 14 |
CHANGING THE RULES AFTER | 26 |
Copyright | |
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