German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In defining in this article what should be considered as the Ameri can Atlantic coast, the meridian 40(deg) west longitude is adopted arbitrarily to separate the submarine activities on the European coast from those on the American coast. It is not believed necessary to go into the discussion based on Opinions or surmises during the early years of the war in Europe as to whether or not an attack by the Germans would be made on the American coast. Therefore, the operations herein described are those which actually took place in the year 1918, with a description of the preliminary cruises made by the Deutschland and the U - 53 in the year 1916.