Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff
(German Admiral largely responsible for the reintroduction of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 which encouraged the United States to enter WWI; lived 1853-1919)
“I guarantee upon my word as a naval officer that no American will set foot on the Continent!”
- From a memorandum given by Holtzendorff translated in Barbara Tuchman’s Zimmermann Telegram.
