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What was the British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7 1915 killing 1200 passengers including 139 Americans and thereby bringing the US into World War 1?
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The U.S., in part, entered World War I due to the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat. Some of the Lusitania's passengers were American citizens.
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What was the RMS Luistania?
RMS Lusitania was a White Star ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U20 in 1915. Until then the US had remained neutral in World War 1, but as the Lusitania was a passenger ship, with its passengers including Americans, the sinking eventually led to the US entering the war on the Allied side in 1917.
What cruise ship was sunk by a German submarine after leaving the Port of New York?
'Lusitania'. Actually she was a British passenger ship, taking passengers across the Atlantic.
What event convinced the US get to enter World War 1?
The death of Americans that were passengers aboard the British ship Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine.
Which British passenger ship was torpedoed by German submarine on March 28 1915?
the British passenger ship called the Lusitania was sunk by a German u-boat on May 7, 1915 a couple months after Germany warned that any ship venturing through the 'war zone' would be sunk. The ship contained approximately 1200 passengers and of that 1200 passengers 128 were Americans. The British steamship Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on March 28, 1915, the date specified in the question, and slightly earlier than the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915.
What year did more than 100 Americans wer killed when a German submarine sank the British passenger liner lusitania?
Lusitania was sunk in 1915.
What event ended americas neutrality?
German submarine sinks the British passenger boat Lusitiana, killing a few Americans, this led the US close to ww1
What sunk the lusitinia?
7 May 1915: British luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania was sunk by German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland. The liner was en-route from New York City to Liverpool, England with 1,924 passengers & crew. Of the 1,119 deaths, 114 were Americans including Alfred Vanderbilt, one of the world's richest men. This event enraged American public opinion against Germany.
What British passenger ship was torpedoed by a German submarine?
The Lusitania
How many Americans died on the Lusitania?
Over 1,200 passengers including 100 kids(125 US citizens) and 417 crew lost their lives aboard the Lusitania on May 7, 1915 during World War 1. The Lusitania was struck by the German World War 1 submarine(the U-20).
Americans thought German submarine warfare was?
Uncivilized
The Americans thought German submarine warfare was what?
Cowardly.
Why did US enter fight during World War 1?
Unrestricted German submarine warfare was destroying US ships and killing US passengers. The Americans were also angry at the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany asked Mexico to attack the US.
