This picture really puts in perspective just how big these were.
Right? I always think of submarines as small and cramped, and while they are certainly cramped, they’re not generally small. Lot of machinery goes into those beasts.
I might be misremembering, but I thought U-boats were known for speed and maneuverability. So I thought they’d be smaller for sure.
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That makes sense! Thanks for clarifying that.
Are. Still.
I feel completely ignorant that I was not aware U-boats were around during WW1
Unrestricted submarine warfare was actually one of the causes that drew the US into WW1!
Continent-wide war over the future of civilization? We sleep
You sink our money-making ships? REAL SHIT
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The very first sinking of a ship by a submarine occurred during the U.S. Civil War, in fact!
Both the Union and Confederacy operated submarines during the war.
The very first U.S. “submarine” was used during the Revolutionary War, but it was more of a one off novelty than a move forward in industrialized war like in the Civil War.
This also happened in conjunction with the rise of ironclads, with the first ironclad vs ironclad battle also occurring in the Civil War.
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One of the key events that gave the United States the politically-charged push into the war was the sinking of the Lusitania, and it was done by a German u-boat.
Here’s another weird one you didn’t expect: Germans used zeppelins to bomb London.
Corrected, thanks!
You can’t park that thing there!
Fuk off!
Too bad they couldn’t put it in a museum
Calm down, Dr. Jones.
Im surprised the tech for submarines existed as far back as 1919
The first viable war submarine was used in the 1700s.
