Lusitania Sinks: US Turns Against Germany
German submarine U-20 sank the RMS Lusitania, drowning 1,198 souls and claiming 128 American lives. This brutal act shattered American neutrality, turning public sentiment decisively against the German Empire and accelerating the nation's path toward entering World War I.
May 7, 1915
111 years ago
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German Empire
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U-20
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RMS Lusitania
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Submarine
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SM U-20 (Germany)
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Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
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RMS Lusitania
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Irish Sea
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Geschichte Rumäniens
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Alexandru Marghiloman
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Romania in World War I
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Friede von Bukarest (1918)
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Triple Entente
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Histoire de la Bulgarie
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