Sinking of the Lusitania
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- During WW1, German U-Boats patrolled the oceans around Europe and the Atlantic looking for enemy ships to sink. U-Boats would sink ships carrying supplies and eventually Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare.
- The Lusitania was a large passenger ship that took off from New York to Liverpool on May 1st 1915. The boat was considered "unsinkable" and carried nearly 2000 people.
- General, I've received word that the Lusitania is carrying munitions for the British.
- The Germans believed that the Lusitania held munitions going to help the Allied Powers.
- SINK IT!
- German U-Boats approach the vessel.
- The Germans sink the Lusitania using a torpedo attack.
- The attack ended up killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors including women and children. This will change the landscape of the the war drastically.
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