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How a Tragic Mistake Began the Atlantic War

Just hours after Britain declared war on Nazi Germany, the passenger liner SS Athenia was torpedoed by U-30—an attack that marked the first casualties of the Battle of the Atlantic. Mistaken for an ...
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The Civilian Liner That Became World War II’s First Victim

Hours after Britain declared war in 1939, German U-boat U-30 fired on a darkened ship off Ireland’s coast, believing it was a troop transport. It wasn’t. The target was the passenger liner SS Athenia, ...