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FDR: If the destroyer was visible to the submarine when the torpedo was fired, then the attack was a deliberate attempt by…

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If the destroyer was visible to the submarine when the torpedo was fired, then the attack was a deliberate attempt by the Nazis to sink a clearly identified American warship.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the deliberate nature of the attack on the American warship by the Nazis.

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