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To: SkyDancer
Regarding our entry into WW1, to be fair, it was unrestricted U-boat warfare

Because Britain had a naval blockade against Germany. A true neutral would have told Britain, that we wouldn't ship anything to them and risk our ships while they were blockading Germany.

13 posted on 03/16/2022 2:56:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Meanwhile, the Kaiser was pushing anti-American sentiment the whole time.


30 posted on 03/16/2022 3:22:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: dfwgator

Germany said they’d curtail the use of U-Boats; the US’s contention was freedom of the seas which Germany agreed to, then reneged.


49 posted on 03/16/2022 3:40:58 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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