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May 7 1915 - Sinking of the Lusitania

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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world’s largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on 7 May 1915 by Imperial German U-boat  SM U-20 11 mi (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany (1917).

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Norman Wilkinson

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Private Collection – Wartenberg Trust

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Mary Evans Picture Library

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The Illustrated London News, May 15, 1915. P. 631.

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Maritime Digital Archive

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William Lionel Wyllie 

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With munitions too

Lusitania

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    RIP to the passengers and crew that were lost aboard the ship
  3. alwaysyes said: So many stories. Who told the USA there were munitions on board and why ? Who benefitted from the USA entering the War ?
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