DENMARK: For the Gander

One fine May morning in 1915, the German submarine U-20, cruising off the Irish coast released a. slender steel projectile into the chill Atlantic. The projectile coursed onward like a speeding shark, nestled against a tender leviathan, and the Lusitania went to the bottom.

One cloudy morning in 1916, the craggy rocks off the Jutland coast tickled the belly of the U20 and its ribs caved in.

One fine August morning in 1925, the Danish Admiralty came to a decision: a keg of indigestible dynamite is to be placed in the cast iron...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!