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By using submarines, the German war machine was able to come close to America's shoreline and this surely pushed the u.s. To act

It did - one U-boat even sunk a ship in the St-Laurence Seaway, and many U-boat crews were startled by the ease with which they could torpedo ships close to the US shore until the ships' crews realised the value of black-out conditions.

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