Aerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919

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This picture really puts in perspective just how big these were.
- Right? I always think of submarines as small and cramped, and while they are certainly cramped, they're not generally small. Lot of machinery goes into those beasts.
  
  I might be misremembering, but I thought U-boats were known for speed and maneuverability. So I thought they'd be smaller for sure.
- Are. Still.
I feel completely ignorant that I was not aware U-boats were around during WW1
- Unrestricted submarine warfare was actually one of the causes that drew the US into WW1!
  
  Continent-wide war over the future of civilization? We sleep
  
  You sink our money-making ships? REAL SHIT
- They were the reason for Dazel camo that was seen on WW1 ships.
- One of the key events that gave the United States the politically-charged push into the war was the sinking of the Lusitania, and it was done by a German u-boat.
  
  Here's another weird one you didn't expect: Germans used zeppelins to bomb London.
1919

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-118
- Corrected, thanks!
You can't park that thing there!
- Fuk off!
Too bad they couldn’t put it in a museum
- Calm down, Dr. Jones.
Im surprised the tech for submarines existed as far back as 1919
- The first viable war submarine was used in the 1700s.

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