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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
While standing orders were to sink neutrals acting as belligerents (sailing blacked out in war zones) you still would have been called on the carpet and reprimanded for sinking an American ship. At this point, Hitler was trying to avoid confrontation with the U.S. at all costs. Of course the U.S. took advantage of that fact, but still.
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Agreed.
IIRC the Germans were almost as suprised as us(USA) when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.