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From the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, where the world war i centennial symposium is on its lunch break. Until they return were joined by Sean Mcmeekin, author of july 1914 countdown to war. Mr. Mcmeekin appreciate you joining us on American History tv. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here. A century since world war i, there continues to be a debate about which nation was responsible for the start of the First World War. Take us back to america in 1914. 1915, 1916. Was that debate about who was responsible taking place in the United States at that time . It was not necessarily the most important question in u. S. Politics. I think probably for the Woodrow Wilson administration, the key thing was to keep the United States out of the war. I think certainly if there had been a different president in the white house, possibly theodore roosevelt, might have taken a different line. He was quite clear about the fact in 1914 that i think he saw the germans as, if not ne
Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here. A century since world war i, there continues to be a debate about which nation was responsible for the start of the First World War. Take us back to america in 1914. 1915, 1916. Was that debate about who was responsible taking place in the United States at that time . It was not necessarily the most important question in u. S. Politics. I think probably for the Woodrow Wilson administration, the key thing was to keep the United States out of the war. I think certainly if there had been a different president in the white house, possibly theodore roosevelt, might have taken a different line. He was quite clear about the fact in 1914 that i think he saw the germans as, if not necessarily to blame for the war, then certainly a greater threat for the United States than the entente powers, france, britain and russia. As far as 1916, again once again Woodrow Wilson was running for office, in part on the pledge of keeping the United States ou
Zigzagging pla noofr th ingin g were taught to avoid being hit by a torpedo. In essence, it is like not being hit by a sniper. In doing this they came across an area called Diamond Shoals. Though the shells werent doing that much damage, the bottom of the ocean did. So it slammed into the shoals and ran aground and was stuck hard aground and still being shelled. Now during the process of this, the Diamond Shoals life ship this was a purposebuilt light ship built in 1899, was anchored over Diamond Shoals for the specific pumps of warning ships that you can run aground there. It was sitting there, crew of five folks on board. They had this huge mushroom anchor. Between firing up the blows and removing that mushroom anchor it generally took them about five hours to get under way. So its not very efficient, as very much considered a stationary vessel. They usually didnt move at all, and was relieved by crew from another vessel. They were close enough to the merrick that they were able to s
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