Dr. Sean Munger :verified: on Nostr: Today on the blog. 108 years ago today, May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the ...

Today on the blog. 108 years ago today, May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the British liner Lusitania, killing 1200 people. This monstrous act of war was actually the culmination of a deadly psychological poker game between Britain and Germany where the stakes were innocent lives. Here's how Germany's chutzpah collided with Britain's naïvete and led to disaster. #histodons #oceanliners #worldwar1 #todayinhistory https://www.gardenofmemory.net/sailing-toward-disaster-the-moral-gamble-surrounding-the-lusitania-sinking/