When German U-boat Commander Walther Schwieger ordered a torpedo strike on the Lusitania, he didn't know it would be the shot that eventually led the U.S. into WWI. But it wasn't a mistake ...

The Sinking of the Lusitania, 1918. European Film Gateway Similarly ... one of the characters is supposed to be the captain of the German U-Boat which fired the torpedo at RMS Lusitania. He is seen to ...

German U-boats targeted both cargo and passenger ships. On May 7, 1915, the U-20 sank the Lusitania off the coast ... passengers on unarmed ships before sinking them. During World War II, Germany ...

Submarines have changed both naval warfare and global politics. Here are some of the most important submarines that ever ...

Elbert Hubbard joked before sailing that if the Germans sank the Lusitania, going down with the ship would secure his fame.

This is an exact replica of the medal designed in Germany to commemorate the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 ... She was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 and sank in eighteen minutes ...

The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania by a German U-boat helped to shatter that hope. Woodrow Wilson, 1918. Courtesy: Library of Congress Wilson demanded an apology from Germany and ...

The sinking of the luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania, by a German U-boat as it sailed from New York to Liverpool in 1915 led to the loss of 1,200 lives and caused international outrage on both ...

The crew was rescued by a Dutch pilot boat and landed at the Hook. Germany firm in answer to U.S. on submarine warfare ... Bryan says Lusitania sinking "no time to rock the boat" WASHINGTON ...

The crew was rescued by a Dutch pilot boat and landed at the Hook. Germany firm in answer to U.S. on submarine warfare ... Bryan says Lusitania sinking "no time to rock the boat" WASHINGTON ...