German Kapitänleutnant Walter Schweiger was captain of the U-20 that sunk the Lusitania by shooting a torpedo just below the water and straight into the hull of the massive liner‚ which was loaded with munitions and weapons dedicated to the British war effort. Since the British were actually using higher-class civilians as a cover-up
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX MY WORK There were many reasons that the United States entered into World War I. Some of these included unlimited Submarine warfare‚ the Sussex Pledge being broken‚ and the Zimmerman Telegram. Although the sinking of the Lusitania (May 1915) was before the US entered into World War 1‚ it was one of the events that lead up to the US involvement. I thought it was interesting that there were newspaper advertisements paid for by the German Embassy that said that any
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cause before and after we entered. The U.S. joined World War 1‚ because of German threats. The New York Times on May‚ 8 1915‚ and a German notice we’re talking about the warning‚ of the sinking of the Allied ships and sinking
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Introduction The First World War marked a new era for mankind‚ an era that brought warfare to a global scale. This was the first time in known history that countries from across the world allied together to fight one another. During this Great War‚ many new wartime technologies were developed and used. The most prolific and arguably most important of these technologies was the German unterseeboot‚ or U-boat (Harber). World War I was the first time that submarine technology was used on a large
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were on a sinking ship what would you do? Would you be able to think in a hurry? This is what people on the RMS Lusitania and RMS Titanic had to go through. They were both lead to devastation. The RMS Lusitania was an amazing boat that was built on June 7‚ 1906. It was owned by the company Cunard Line‚ and its captain was William Turner. The Lusitania was a Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) that sailed on May 1st‚ 1915‚ and had a nickname‚ “The Floating Palace”. To england from New York‚ The Lusitania was headed
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The war did not really interest Americans‚ because it did not involve them directly. But as the war continued‚ many significant events happened that affected people to change their opinions. Germany’s attack towards small Belgium‚ sinking of passenger liners like Lusitania‚ economical causes and the Zimmermann note from Germany to Mexico were the reasons that got the United States to join the war. President of that time‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ wanted the United States to stay neutral and out of the war. He
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The Sinking of the Titanic When you think of the Titanic‚ you probably think of the love story between Jack Dawson and Rose Dewittbekator‚ but what the Titanic really is‚ is a British passenger ship weighing in at 63‚000 tons and 882 feet long. The Titanic was said to be the biggest and most luxurious ship of its time‚ next to its two sister ships named Olympic and Brittitanic. Olympic and Brittitanic were built and owned by the same company as Titanic‚ “The White Star Line”. There was another
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De Lorenzo 2 and the RMS Lusitania‚ partly as German- Americans lost influence‚ and partly in response to Wilson’s position that America had to play a role to make the world safe for democracy. (www.boundless.com) The sinking of the Lusitania heightened tensions between the U.S. and
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and foremost answer would be the sinking of the Lusitania‚ an British cruise/transport ship‚ bound for Britain from New York. The German U-boat ring sought to sink all supply ships headed for Britain in order to starve the island. It sank the Lusitania as part of its efforts. 1195 people died‚ including 128 Americans. The Lusitania’s sinking was the biggest influence on the American decision to enter the war. German submarine warfare (the Lusitania is included in this) sunk many
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Why did Germany and its Allies Lose WW1? It can be argued that Germany and its allies faced a overwhelming war right from the start‚ but their desire to provoke and enter a war that involved the majority of Eastern Europe led them to being doomed right from the start. There are many factors that contributed to Germany and its allies’ loss of WW1; such as inefficient military decisions and plans like the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the lack of strength from Germany’s allies. But in the end it was the
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