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So far, Dead Wake has been a stop-and-go type of book. There are patches where it gets interesting and exciting, and times where it becomes a very slow, hard to follow trail. Dead Wake has displayed the German ruthlessness, and just how cruel they can be. As well as America, being very stolid at the start at the war. Dead Wake provides a strong story between the Axis and Allies, and how they react to each other. Dead Wake switches between sides, but focuses on one main character: Captain William Thomas Turner, captain of many ships, including The Lusitania. Dead Wake shows the disaster of history, which have long been obscured. The Germans begin to sink ships, military or not, without warning. Three ships, all cargo related, were sunk by the coast of Holland by German submarines. The ships were full of cadets, and after the first ship The Aboukir, sunk, The Cressy and The Hogue …show more content…

Captain William Thomas Turner. Captain Turner was the Captain of The Lusitania. He applied for a sailor position at Cunard, and got the position. Only to find out he could not get promoted to Captain unless he was a Captain outside of Cunard already. As he wanted a promotion, he left Cunard, only to return and become one of the most ambidextrous of his time. Captain Turners history shows he has had multiple wrecks, but to the interesting side of things, he was put in charge of the bigger ships, and the more opulent passengers. Captain Turner is also a very humble Captain. After receiving a Silver Salver, he stated “I did not expect to receive any such recognition of my part in the matter, we all on board simply tried to do our duty as under any ordinary circumstances.”(Larson 10). Captain Turner is a very skilled Captain, the best at controlling the bigger ships in the whole Cunard Empire, which is part of why the story of The Lusitania is here today. The German side of

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