because some allied ships were carrying contraband
because some allied ships were carrying contraband
the u boat is a submarine. it was made to hit and sink British ships
They were there to sink as many ships as possible. Some were given the role of landing spies but that was always subordinate to the role of sinking ships.
Because they were at war with the Allies and they wanted to keep supplies from reaching places like Britain. The Lusitania was carrying some weapons supplies for Britain which is why it was targeted.
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there was no infantery figths in Britain but London and some port cites were bombed by airships or zappelins and naval ships
Merchant vessels supplied Britain with goods that it needed to continue the war. The Germans felt that to do so made the merchant vessels legitimate targets. They published warnings of this in US newspapers prior to the attack on the Lusitania.
Some advantages Britain had during the revolutionary war was having more money to buy supplies, they were better trained, and they had ships to garner supplies.
denser things sink faster the denser it is then the faster it will sink
Britain prevented any supplies from getting to Germany by sea in WW1, the sinking of supply ships heading for Britain was the only way Germany could retaliate. The fact that some of those ships were American was incidental.