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The RMS Lusitania was sunk by a torpedo sent by a German submarine, U-20. Because the Lusitania was carrying a lot of American citizens, this event was one of the major reasons that the United States entered WWI.

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The Lusitania, was a British ship sunk by a German U-boat in May, 1915. 1198 people were killed, 128 of them Americans.

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