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Aerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

One of the key events that gave the United States the politically-charged push into the war was the sinking of the Lusitania, and it was done by a German u-boat.

Here's another weird one you didn't expect: Germans used zeppelins to bomb London.