18th February 1915: Germany initiates a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare during the First World War

Published: Feb. 18, 2024, 3:05 a.m.

b'On February 4, 1915, Admiral Hugo von Pohl of the German High Seas Fleet warned that \\u2018every enemy merchant vessel\\u2019 in British waters would be targeted and that \\u2018it may not always be possible to prevent attacks on enemy ships from harming neutral ...'