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Why did Germany so heavily utilize submarines (as opposed to surface ships) during WW1? Were the U-boats a deliberate strategy to more cheaply even the odds against the more powerful Royal Navy, or was there more to it that that?

by /u/Tough_Guys_Wear_Pink in /r/AskHistorians

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