On May 7, 1915, the luxurious RMS Lusitania, despite warnings of German unrestricted submarine warfare in the British Isles' ...

When the German U-boats targeted the Lusitania with a torpedo, the ship sank more quickly than expected. Here's why that ...

The Lusitania’s speed wasn’t the only reason ... according to a set of rules that reached back to the American Civil War and the Confederacy’s commerce raiders, Hampton Roads Naval Museum ...

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By all historical accounts, Americans’ shock and anger over the sinking of the Lusitania initiated the process that finally propelled the United States into the First World War in which 135,000 ...

These fascinating images show the RMS Lusitania, which became a watery grave for nearly 1,200 innocents when it was torpedoed by a German sub in the First World War. The disaster, 100 years ago ...

When the Lusitania left New York for Liverpool on what would be her final journey on May 1 1915, during the First World War it would change the course of history. A week later on May 7 ...

One hundred years ago on May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,195 of the men, women, and children on board. Of those killed, 123 were ...

Put the Lusitania into the historical context of the war between Britain and Germany for control of the seas. The war had broken out in August 1914. We all know about the horrific land battles.

Yet some people, including Britain's first lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, hoped an attack on a ship would pull the United States into the war. They may have facilitated the Lusitania's ...