The British ocean liner, the Lusitania was carrying weapons to Great Britain on its cruise from to Liverpool from New York.
yes
Germany claimed the Lusitania had weapons on board.
Germany claimed the Lusitania had weapons on board.
Yes, there were 139 Americans aboard the RMS Lusitania when it sank, of which 128 died.
It took 55 minutes for the great liner to sink after hitting a mine in the Mediterranean Sea. The reason for sinking so fast was the result of the nurses onboard, who kept the portholes open to keep injured soldiers ventilated, forgetting to shut the open windows resulted in faster flooding.
The Germans offered nothing to the US for sinking the Lusitania. German government argued that Lusitania was legitimate military target because it was caring a large amount of ammunition on board, and, besides that was registered or listed as an auxiliary cruiser. And in spite of non-military passengers and neutral flags carried by Lusitania, Germans argued that she had to be destroyed, and they took off any responsibility for their action.
Germany claimed the Lusitania had weapons on board.
Germany claimed the Lusitania had weapons on board.
Germany claimed the Lusitania had weapons on board.
Yes, there were 139 Americans aboard the RMS Lusitania when it sank, of which 128 died.
Lusitania was not a warship, it was actually sunk by enemy action, and civilians were on board. It was also sunk after a warning had been given.
It took 55 minutes for the great liner to sink after hitting a mine in the Mediterranean Sea. The reason for sinking so fast was the result of the nurses onboard, who kept the portholes open to keep injured soldiers ventilated, forgetting to shut the open windows resulted in faster flooding.
On the last voyage of the Lusitania, when she was sunk by a German torpedo there were quite a few well-known people on board. None of the ones listed was a famous painter or sculptor.
The sinking of the Lusitania was important to the USA's decision to join ww2 because there were many Americans on board the Lusitania at the time of its sinking and the Americans feared similar attacks in the future.
if your talking about ww1...they came in a year after the Germans sank the passenger liner the lusitania that had Americans on board
What was a advantage of using the convoy system during World War I across the Atlantic Ocean
The Germans offered nothing to the US for sinking the Lusitania. German government argued that Lusitania was legitimate military target because it was caring a large amount of ammunition on board, and, besides that was registered or listed as an auxiliary cruiser. And in spite of non-military passengers and neutral flags carried by Lusitania, Germans argued that she had to be destroyed, and they took off any responsibility for their action.
Secretly yes, but in World War 1 it was said to be a passenger ship, when really it was carrying weapons to Europe.