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The Lusitania was a passenger ocean liner sunk by the Germans during World War One not World War 2. The sinking and killing of over 300 Americans, including Mr. Vanderbilt and thousands of Britons, incensed the Americans and President Wilson.

The Congress and President Wilson declared war on Germany.

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You may be confusing the Lusitania in WW1. In 1941 the ships sank were those on Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii....

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