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— In May 1941 a U-boat sunk the U.S. merchant ship Robin
Moore, and other ships were attacked as the summer wore on
(Shirer, 882).
—On July 19,1941, the U.S. Navy was ordered to escort ship
ping of any nationality to and from Iceland. (Roskill, 612)
On the German side, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander in chief
o f the German navy, had issued orders that U-boats were not to attack American
ships unless attacked first (Shirer, 883). But when