No, but it did get the United States involved in it.
Many events led up to it, but the triggers that started it were the sinking of the Lusitania, and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
I am not aware of any US ocean liner that has been blown up. The sinking of the British ship Lusitania with American passengers on board precipitated America's involvement in World War 1.
The sinking of the civilian ship Lusitania by a German U-boat (submarine) which had US civilians on it angered them to becoming involved against the Germans.
The sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915 was a pivotal event that shifted American public opinion towards entering World War I. The British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat, resulting in the deaths of 1,198 passengers, including 128 Americans. This act of unrestricted submarine warfare heightened tensions between the U.S. and Germany, as it exemplified the dangers posed to American lives and commerce. The incident galvanized calls for U.S. intervention, contributing to the country's eventual entry into the war in 1917.
One was the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915.
The sinking of lusitania
the sinking of the Lusitania.
sinking of the Lusitania
1917. The U.S. did not become officially involved in WWI until the sinking of the Lusitania by the German navy.
America declaring war on Nazi Germany and joining the Second World War in Europe.
sinking of the Lusitania
It brought the usa into ww1
the sinking of the ship lusitania:)
sinking of lusitania
No, but it did get the United States involved in it.
The War of 1812, western expansion, and finally the sinking of the Lusitania dragging America into it's first world war.