When the Lusitania was destroyed by a German U-boat in 1915, it sank in 18 minutes and most survivors were young men and women who responded immediately to their powerful survival instincts. But when the Titanic struck an iceberg in 1912, it took three hours to go down, allowing time for...
German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania May 7, 1915Andrew GlassANDREW GLASS
The U.S. would remain neutral until 1917 when Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and the British interception of the Zimmermann telegram to Mexico forced President Wilson to declare war on 6 April 1917.The German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann, had sent a Telegram to the Ger...
Review: 'Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania' by ErikLarsonDead Wake: The Last...Watson, Stephen T
The message was intercepted by the British and passed on to the United States; its publication caused outrage and contributed to the U.S. entry into World War I. The U.S. and the German U-boat campaign sinking of the Lusitania The New York Herald reporting the sinking of the Lusitania,...