Days after Germany resumes its unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic Ocean it torpedoes and sinks the Housatonic, an American cargo ship, in the Bay of Biscay. Following this attack, President Woodrow Wilson announces the end of diplomatic ties with Germany.
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