Is RMS Lusitania a Conspriacy or Not?

Knowing that the Germans were to sink any and all ship that were caught in their waters. Because the sinking of the lusitania and many other ships the U.S became involved and help to end the war between the Allies. world war one was a time of great change, the weapons changed, and governments changed, even the geography of Europe changed.At the end of World War I the treaty of Versailles was signed, shifting the blame of World War I totally on Germany, and forced Germany to pay heavy economic reparations.But World War I was horrible for anyone who fought in it, muddy trenches being stormed by rats and disease, as well as enemies. The dead were everywhere, thousands of makeshift tombstones littered all over Belgium and France. Also people started dying in England, England suffered its first air raids, and England was no longer a safe haven from World War I.Over 16.5 million people died in world war I. they said it was the war to end all

Yet, events in Europe were altering President Wilson's outlook on the war. Germany's campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare was the cause of the loss of American lives in the Atlantic. The sinking of the Lusitania, a British liner, off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat that killed 128 Americans was a harsh reality that

August 1915: British liner the Arabic sunk. Germany agrees not to sunk unarmed, unresisting passenger ships without warning.

One of the factors that led to the United States’ entry into World War I, was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. This is thought to be one of the

​“The war to end all wars” was what people called it. Others called it “The Great War”. Many people died in this war. And there was really no right or wrong in this war; meaning that I don’t think there really was a side that was wrong or right, and I’m going to explain why further in this essay. I think both sides were wrong in things, but in the end, Germany was the one that suffered the most because they were being forced to pay billions dollars in the war debts, and let the French control a rich mine for well over 15 years. But before that Germany and the Britain’s were at war with each other. And Germany sent out a warning to everyone saying that every ship crossing the war zone line (which was the

The ship was shot down by Germany and was carrying Americans on board. 128 American passengers were killed. In 1916 the U.S. and Germany entered into an agreement called the Sussex Pledge. The pledge meant that Germany agreed to give us fair warning before sending an attack on ships in that area so we would know to get americans out of there to safety. This I think was a good idea because it let us know to move out of the way, and helped us save lives. In 1917 Germany decided to ignore the Sussex Pledge and continued to shoot down ships without giving us warning. This killed many more American citizens. I think that instead of that leading us into a war we should have just told all American citizens to stay out of that area until the war was

The Germans sunk the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, killing over a thousand innocent men, women, and children and injuring hundreds. The ship was not suppose to be carrying any weapons or ammunition, however, a

On May 7th, 1915, the Lusitania, a British oceanliner, was sunk by German submarines, killing 128 Americans. Americans were outraged as they read the headlines in their newspapers, such as the New York Times, who wrote that over a thousand passengers were dead (doc 5). However, yellow journalism is extremely prominent in that article, as the writers over exaggerate claiming that a grave crisis is at hand, and fail to mention that less than 150 of the dead were Americans and the fact that the Lusitania was armed heavily, as many historians claim. When the Sussex, an English Channel ferry, was torpedoed in 1915, America was fed up with unrestricted submarine warfare, and made Germany promise to cease their attacks on ships, leading to the Sussex Pledge being issued on May 4th, 1916. In the pledge Germany promised they would no longer target passenger ships, and that merchant ships wouldn’t be sunk without the presence of weapons being established and the safety of all passengers and crew. (doc. 9) Nevertheless in both the case of the Lusitania and of the Sussex, America was not the target of the attacks and America never gave unrestricted submarine warfare a second thought until Americans died or came close to dying, showing that the United States only cared about the war when America was involved. Americans were also warned against traveling around the English

Following Britain’s blockade, Germany adopted a counterstrategy of unrestricted sinking ships in open seas. The first action was the sinking of the Lusitania. In the afternoon of May 15th a German submarine torpedoed the cruise liner where 123 American men, women and children lost their lives (Simpson, 1972). In addition the Sussex, a passenger ferry was torpedoed one year later. Germany forces has violated the pact of naval warfare as well as hindered the American’s high sea trade. Despite holding isolationism, the conflict has significantly affected the United States. The events are not only a threat to the sovereignty but will also cripple down

World War I began in 1914 but America remained neutral until its entrance into the war in 1917. The U-boats sinking of the British liner Lusitania in 1915, the sinking of five American ships in 1917, and the “Zimmerman telegram” sent from Germany to Mexico led up to America’s declaration of war. America’s involvement in World War I not only impacted the war front but also the home front.

The battle of Cantigny was the first battle that America ever fought in World War I. On May 28th, 1918 America fought against German soldiers and won. The battle of St Quentin Canal was between American, Germany, Australian, and British forces. Germany ultimately won that battle as a victory.A new invention in the time of World War I was the U Ship. This was a German submarine that patrolled trade routes of many countries. On May 7th of 1915 a civilian ship was sunken by one of the German submarines. The Lusitania, the sunken ship, held about 1,200 passengers. Of that amount 128 were American, this was a major event leading up to America joining into the World War as many Americans wanted to avenge that devastating lose. The Zimmerman Note

The USS Ward was out of the Harbor and they spotted a foreign submarine. When they were perusing it they were able to sink it. There was also a U.S. submarine outside of the Harbor called the Tiger. When the Tiger entered the Harbor the air attack began. Private Joseph L. Lockard was in charge of the oscilloscope. When he went to shut it down it picked up an image. He told Private George E. Elliott who plotted it and called it into the Information Center at Fort Shafter. There Lieutenant Kermit Tyler recorded the info they received. Lieutenant Tyler never considered the blimps to be enemy aircraft. That's when the first wave out of two hit the Harbor. When they were hit the ones who worked the guns were ordered there and were set on destroying the Japanese planes. Several men had a piece to pieces of shrapnel from bombs in them. There were men jumping from U.S. ships that were sinking. Some men were already dead before some of the ships sunk. The men at Pearl Harbor were completely unprepared for the attack. Mess Attendant Second Class Doris Miller manned and operated a machine gun and directed fire at the Japanese despite the heavy strafing and bombing by the enemy(Harbor). He got awarded the Navy Cross for doing what he

The Titanic may be one of the most famous and well known shipwrecks of our time. Just about everyone learns of the tragedy in school and how it was a complete accident. Information has been found that point to the tragedy not being what we think it is. There is evidence that shows that the ship thought to be the Titanic may actually be named the Olympic, and may have been used in an insurance scam. This evidence includes pictures showing different amounts of port holes and even people working on the ship coming forward. It has yet to be proven if this is 100% true, but most would agree that all of this points to it being true.

128 Americans that were on board were killed. However, the ‘Lusitania’ was not an American ship and Wilson accepted the Germans change in policy that their U-boats would now adopt ‘cruiser’ tactics and surface to attack ships with guns fitted onto their decks. While the German chancellor managed to avoid a major diplomatic issue this time, the German military was adamant that the ‘cruiser’ tactic was not going to be used as it was to dangerous for the lightly armored U-boats of the time.

On the 1st of September, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Over the next year, Nazi Germany and its allies conquered much of Europe. This incident was the catalyst of a catastrophic series of events. On September the 3rd, the British Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to pronounce to the British people that a state of war had begun between their country and Germany (Bard, 2004). World War II had begun, according to Bard (2004), this war was “the most destructive human endeavour in history.” (Bard, 2004). To highlight a single, most tragic event, would be unmanageable, as the entire war was a tragedy in itself. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was a significantly pivotal, disastrous occurence during this war. This attack