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Admiral Sims said, "If Germany could have kept fifty submarines constantly at work early in 1917, nothing could have prevented her from winning the war." Knowing this, Germany concentrated in the recent war on the Battle of the Atlantic. This is still fresh in our minds.  As originators of the modern submarine, American inventive genius has continued to work. Our new Diesel engines and thousands of detail inventions supported by the aggressive policies of our Navy have produced a most effective weapon. However, the history of the development of the submarine over hundreds of years should serve to bring to our minds one thing of prime importance. Ideas grow slowly and may require the work of many inventors. The lack of ideas and inventions in one generation can easily mean the loss of Freedom in the next. ● |
