With so many ships being sunk, German U-boat commanders were bound to mistakenly hit the wrong target, like a civilian liner. ... Eighteen minutes later the luxury liner was gone leaving 1,195 people dead, among them 123...

• Word Count: 1988
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• Grade Level: High School

The first victory that came to the German U-boats was over the British liner Athenia (Pitt, 8). ... Today the convoy system is a standard naval defense procedure that limits the threat to the merchant vessels from submarines. Assembling merchant vessels to sail with armed escort vessels creates the convoy system (HAH-WEB). ... The down side to the convoy system was that there was a waiting period between each fleet that went out (MM-WEB). ... Air support was introduced to the convoy system to force the submarines under the water. ...

• Word Count: 1770
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This activated the alliance systems and pulled one nation after another in the conflict (Danzer 580). ... Through those alliance systems more and more countries in Europe became involved in the war. ... This however soon outraged American public opinion (Danzer 584), when a German submarine sank the British liner Lusitania which also carried Americans. ...

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School