Richard Werner

which of course is another indication that, okay, you know, this could not really have been such a big surprise to Britain.

And something like this, of course, must have been the reason why the captain of the ship, of the Lusitania was happy to go because, you know, of course he has to trust his admiralty and his, you know, his country's leadership.

They said, no, it'll be fine.

We make sure you'll be fine.

We know where the U-boats are, the Germans are, and we'll guide you on the track that will keep you safe.

So they guided him, as it turns out, straight into one of those German submarines.

But the captain didn't know.

He was told this is a safe path.

Now, where I'm sure he started to become suspicious was when the order was suddenly then given in the vicinity or about to approach the vicinity of a German submarine to slow down the engines.

Because that never makes sense.

And there's a good BBC documentary on this where they didn't hide the facts and they have the first Lord of the Admiralty as the key figure.

Who was that?

None other than Winston Churchill.

And they show how he gives the order.

Now instruct the captain to slow down the engines.

And even his underlings saying, well, sir, you know, this sort of increases the risk.

Should we really do that?

This is my order.

Give the order.

And that's what they did.