This attacked occured on May of 1915 and was not precisely in America, but in the Atlantic ocean near the coast of Ireland.
In that time World War One was taking place and Germans had warned that any ship sailing in the "European War Zone" would be a target for their submarines. America was a neutral country.
The warnings of Germans were published in newspapers and people talked about, and for that reason the ship only had half of its capacity to go to Liverpool.
The attack started when a torpedo fired by the Germans slammed into the side of the ship followed by an explosion that ripped the ship apart. Very few passengers had a chance. From the 1,924 passengers traveling in the Lusitania, less than a thousand survived. It only took the Lusitania 18 minutes to sink.
The ship was made by the British Admiralty. Supposedly the Lusitania had munitions hidden for British war effort.
I think that was a huge mistake, you can't trust everyone and the americans trusted in other countries when they shouldn't have because a World War was taking place. The result of all this is that America declared war.
In that time World War One was taking place and Germans had warned that any ship sailing in the "European War Zone" would be a target for their submarines. America was a neutral country.
The warnings of Germans were published in newspapers and people talked about, and for that reason the ship only had half of its capacity to go to Liverpool.
The attack started when a torpedo fired by the Germans slammed into the side of the ship followed by an explosion that ripped the ship apart. Very few passengers had a chance. From the 1,924 passengers traveling in the Lusitania, less than a thousand survived. It only took the Lusitania 18 minutes to sink.
The ship was made by the British Admiralty. Supposedly the Lusitania had munitions hidden for British war effort.
I think that was a huge mistake, you can't trust everyone and the americans trusted in other countries when they shouldn't have because a World War was taking place. The result of all this is that America declared war.
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