The German U-boats ruled the Bay and many British and American ships were reported sunk that entered her waters.Spanish flu !!! There were as many as 15,000 casualties and another 5,000 ships that sunk. ,Seig heil Victoria !Alfred the Great King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886, his death in 899.He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf.{www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-germa… } DO NOT DENY ! World War II German Civilian dead 500,000.German government reported that its records list 4.3 million dead and missing military. DO NOT DENY ! .THE UNFORTUNATE PREPERATION FOR WAR IS THE CREMATION OF WAR DEAD !