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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter
To add to Takeda's statement, the British liner, Lusitania, was also carrying munitions at the time she was sunk off the coast of Ireland, which was a violation of the law. When Kptlt. Schweiger sank it, the Brits had the audacity to claim that he was decorated as a hero by the Kaiser, which he was NOT. Winsor McCay made the same outrageous claim for propaganda.
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Indeed. The German embassy actually printed handbills and took out newspaper ads before the Lusitania sailed warning passengers that she was a valid war target, sailing into a declared war zone and would be attacked if spotted.
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