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The Lusitania was sunk because the Germans thought that it was carring more than just passengers. The Germans thought that Great Britain were smuggling in weapons to help them fight the war. There were American passengers on the ship and when the Germans sunk it that pushed USA sentiment towards anti-germanism
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∙ 13y agoThere isn't a confirmed reason, but it is widly believed that it was due to the fact that Germany wanted to provoke war, and the U-Boat captain was convinced that the Lusitania was carrying armaments from America to Britain, which evidence suggests it was.
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∙ 12y agothe R.M.S Lusitania was one of the fastest ocean liners in the world and caught the blue ribbon but when World War 1 came the U-Boats put a boarder in the Atlantic and if they crossed they were allied to destruction. but on May 7th 1915 the U-20 spotted a large four stacker and torpedoed her because they think that the Lusitania was carrying munitions to the admiralty so in that case the Germans put her as a target even that it was carrying civilians this is why in eyewitness accounts on board heard and felt a second bigger explosion which probably doomed her and made her sink faster. this caused a large loss of life which shocked the world and brought America into the war
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∙ 13y agoBecause when the ship had gone into the blockade zone around Germany, they torpedoed the ship killing 128 Americans. The captain was the only Survivor.
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∙ 12y agoThe Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine.
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US liner torpedoed in 1915?
The Lusitania
Off the coast of which country was the lusitania torpedoed?
Ireland
British passenger ship that was torpedoed?
RMS Lusitania .
Who blew up Lusitania?
The Lusitania was a victim of Germany's U-boats during their policy of unrestricted submarine warfare before WWI. The sinking of the Lusitania was a main reason why the United States entered into WWI.
What is the latitude and longitude of the sinking of RMS Lusitania?
It was recorded that the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by German submarine and sunk at 51°25′N 8°33′W just south of Ireland.
Which British passenger ship that was torpedoed by German in May 1915?
Lusitania
US liner torpedoed in 1915?
The Lusitania
British passenger ship that was torpedoed?
RMS Lusitania .
Off the coast of which country was the lusitania torpedoed?
Ireland
Who caused the sinking lusitania?
It was torpedoed by U-20.
Was the movie titanic based off the Lusitania crash?
No. Lusitania did not have a crash, she was torpedoed near Ireland.
What British passenger ship was torpedoed by a German submarine?
The Lusitania
Who blew up Lusitania?
The Lusitania was a victim of Germany's U-boats during their policy of unrestricted submarine warfare before WWI. The sinking of the Lusitania was a main reason why the United States entered into WWI.
Should the German sink the Lusitania?
No because the Lusitania is a passenger ocean liner should not been torpedoed by the German navy submarine.
Where did the Lusitania come from?
The RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner that was registered at the port of Liverpool. The ship was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, by a German U-Boat.
British paassenger ship that was torpedoed by German submarine on May 7 1915?
RMS Lusitania
The name of the French passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German submarine in March 1916?
there were several ships torpedoed in the channel, 1915 one was a ferry and the other one was the "Lusitania"
