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Old 02-20-2011, 06:34 AM   #97 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by zachsd View Post
Wait, weren't zeppelins weren't used for bombing runs by the Germans? I remember a story where a group of zeppelins attempted to bomb Paris, and Britain for that matter.
Yes and it was considered a war crime. Ungentlemanly behaviour at best.
The use of submarines was also frowned on and it was the sinking of the Lusitania which had a strong influence on U.S. policy, joining the war against Germany a couple of years later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-20
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