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Sinking of the ship Falaba, March 28th 1915. The sinking of the "Falaba"
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Sinking of the ship Falaba, March 28th 1915. The sinking of the "Falaba"
Sinking of the ship Falaba, March 28th 1915.
The sinking of the " Falaba". Lurking menacingly in the background, as if to make sure it had finished the job, the U-boat that had torpedoed the passenger boat. The British liner " Falaba" was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the waters around Britain, an event important for two main reasons. Firstly, it marked the escalation of the U-boat campaign against shipping around the British coast. Secondly and perhaps more importantly, it caused the first official death of a US citizen. The man, Leon C. Thrasher, drowned after jumping from the sinking ship. His death caused outrage in the US, the government calling for " Strict accountability". Although the US had feared such an event for some time, it focussed attention onto the potential threat to their citizens abroad, a threat became far more real with the sinking of the liner the " Lusitania" a short while later
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