![]() ![]() ![]() One of the really amazing things about the Lusitania saga was that, at the time, there existed in the admiralty a super-secret spy entity known as Room 40. On how much British intelligence knew before the attack And yet he managed to kill about 1,200 people with the press of a button. His best friend in the submarine service described him as being a guy who couldn't hurt a fly. You know, as a young guy, he was already one of the deadliest, most skilled submarine commanders of the war. I found to be such an interesting character, and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if readers have a little bit of sympathy, or at least empathy, for him. On Walther Schwieger, the captain of the German submarine - the U-20 - that sank the Lusitania Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Dead Wake Subtitle The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Author Erik Larson ![]()
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