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The sinking of the giant english steam ship is a success. With a joyful pride we contemplate this latest deed of our Navy. It will not be the last. A report of the sinking of the Lusitiania in German Newspaper
SUBMARINE WARFARE
The Germans launched their own blockade of Britain using the U-Boat trying to stops supplies coming in from abroad!
The problem for the Germans was the U-Boats had never been used before in the war && there was no rules governing their use.
In february 1915 the Germans declared the seas around The British Isles a 'War Zone'
It was normal to warn a ship before it was fired upon, but this was not possible with the submarine because of the suprise nature of the attack .
The policy resulted in the sinking of the British liner the Lusitania in 1915. A german submarine fired a single torpedo at the liner without warning and it sank in 18 minutes, killing over 1000 passengers including 128 Americans
By Sophie Bissaker && Chablis Peel
