The ocean liner's sinking by a German U-boat led to the U.S. entering World War I. Erik Larson, author of Dead Wake, says British intelligence... The Lusitania Mystery: Why British Codebreakers Didn't ...
On May 7, 1915, the transatlantic liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German Sub U-20. This year marks the 100th anniversary of this event. This ship is so important in world history, it ...
WASHINGTON - Owning a fragment of history - a Gettysburg bullet, a Coolidge campaign button - is fun, so in 1968 Gregg Bemis became an owner of the Lusitania. This 787-feet-long passenger liner has ...
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