The Lusitania

The Holocaust occurred in 1941 - 1942. This event was significant because it had a lasting impact on the world especially Germany, Poland and other european countries. This led to significant political changes such as the united nations. Hitler was the reason there was a mass extermination of 60,000 people. The Holocaust had devastating short term effects such as loss of money, homes, food, hygiene and most commonly death also the separation of families and the horrific mass destruction on human life. The long term effects effected the survivors mentally and physically after the holocaust.

After World War I ended, Europe and its allied countries wanted to create a treaty as a form of security to prevent another situation like this ever happening again. Included in this treaty was an agreement to join the League of Nations, a group of world leaders formed to ensure international peace. While the United States wanted to agree the other terms and sign the Treaty of Versailles, there was much debate over whether it was wise to agree to help in affairs across the seas. Many Americans did not want to get involved if Europeans were fighting as it gave them more to worry about when the issue never should have concerned their country. Members of the United States government believed that that it would be a breach of American freedom and

This was announced through several United States newspapers, some on the same page that advertised the Lusitania trip. One of the United States trading partners at the time was Britain, and the submarine warfare interfered with trade and caused tension to rise. German submarines were known for watching ships movements, so the British Admiralty warned the Lusitania to be careful in the area lined out by the unrestricted submarine warfare. They suggested that at minimum, the liner should zigzag in order to confuse the Germans. May seventh, nineteen fifteen, the Lusitania is sunk by a German Submarine, ending the lives of over one thousand three hundred passengers and one hundred thirty Americans. The captain of the ocean liner had ignored the British Admiralty’s warnings and recommendations, leading up to the attack on the starboard side. The torpedo that hit the Lusitania was followed by a larger explosion, assumed to be the ship’s boilers. The ship sank less than twenty minutes later near the sothern coast of Ireland. This was one of the main reasons that the United States entered World War

Water was starting to cover the whole boat. They tried to get the life boats from one side of the boat to the other. In the process it killed some people when they were transferring the life boats from one side to the other (Preston 217-220). The crew was trying to get all the women and children in the life boats before the Lusitania sunk. At this point there was already a significant amount of people that already died and that was hurt. All this time that was passing and the Lusitania was steadily sinking. It was sinking very fast. Finally after all the panic and stress they had all the life boats filled with people away from the Lusitania (Preston 220-230). Many people died before the Lusitania even sunk. Some were hit by falling pieces of the boat. Other people fell off the Lusitania when it was sinking because of how horrible the conditions were. The Lusitania winded up being perpendicular in the water because of how fast it was sinking and breaking (Preston 231-232). After a while the Lusitania was almost completely under water. Most of the people that was in the water had got pulled under by the boats funnels when it was starting to

It was 2:10 p.m. on May 7, 1915. Leslie Morton, a lookout on the Lusitania,

On May 7, 1915, the Germans sank a British ship named the Lusitania that was carrying American passengers. At the time Britain and Germany were in a state of war. The Germans were justified in sinking the Lusitania because the ship had a British flag, had weapon storage departments, and went into British territory.

The history of the grand RMS Lusitania is one event on this level that left thousands of souls changed

The League of Nations was an organization created following the year after the concession of World War I in 1918. The purpose of this union was to maintain world stability and peace. The League of Nations was proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points and was considered relatively controversial. Congress had to vote upon whether the United States would join or not. Two of the Senators gave speeches, Senator Gilbert Hitchcock and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, advocating their parties’ views.

A U-Boat is a German submarine that uses torpedoes to sink ships, they were very destructive and were used in unrestricted marine warfare. Captain Walter Schweiger was bringing the boat back home after 2 days in the water because the boat was running low on fuel and was down to only 3 torpedoes. On his way home Captain of the U-20 spotted the RMS Lusitania on May 7th of 1915. There was lots of fog, so the Lusitania wasn’t running full speed though it was the fastest liner of its time. Captain Schweiger of the U-20 followed the Lusitania for an hour before finally shooting a torpedo at it. The torpedo hit the Lusitania in the starboard right next to the bridge of the ship. Confusion arose among the passengers on board as the ship began to tilt and a fire started. There was something wrong with the dispenser for the boats, so he Lusitania began dropping boats into the water and people jumped down into them, causing them to sink. About 1,198 passengers died and around 138 were

In 1939 the Nazi government started World War II by attacking Poland. It soon conquered most of Europe. Great Britain, Russia, and the United States fought against the Nazis and eventually defeated them. Millions of people died in the war the Nazis had started. The Nazis murdered about 12 million civilians, including almost all the Jews who lived under German rule (Trueman). Nazi Germany played almost every role in the Holocaust, as they had created it. Their main goal or role was to gain power and eliminate the Jews (Huebsch).

Because of the succession of Hitler, Jews started to have less freedom in their lives. Children were not allowed to go to schools anymore; the children went to schools which were secretly created by interpreters of the Jewish community. It was almost impossible to find jobs at that time, due to the unemployment for Jews. Then Hitler opened places called “concentration camps” for the Jews to suffer for the rest of their time.

Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich came to power in 1938, the Jews in Europe

The league of nations was created by the winners of WWI and was intended to prevent future world wars. The idea was created by the US president Woodrow Wilson. The League of Nations was supposed to be a council that included all the world nations to discuss topics and keep peace. This organization failed in stopping WWII. The League had multiple opportunities to stop the second world war, but failed miserably. The League of Nations had very limited authority on countries such as Japan, Italy, Germany and the USSR. “The main weapon of the League was to ask member countries to stop trading with aggressive countries”(Wheeler). The League of Nations was treated as a joke and could not enforce any of the rules that they set. The League had no authority because they had no army to threaten the aggressive countries. Additionally, countries such as Italy and Germany were not part of the League and therefore had no obligation to listen to them or make peace talks. If the League was set up in a better format and way to work it would not have failed and they could have been able to stop the second world

On the 7 May 1915 at 14:30, then 240 metre long and 27 meter wide ship

The Holocaust is one of the biggest historical events that will always be remembered. It caused a lot of death, hurt, and trauma. It took place after World War 1. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party. After the Great Depression, the Germans turned to Adolf Hitler for help on getting rid of Jews because they believed that the Jews would only cause negative things to happen in the Germans life. The Germans believed everything was going to be better if they got rid of the Jews. When Hitler came into Germany as the Nazi leader, he created a new form of government that began to change everything. He controlled what was seen and known by the Jews. Hitler began to create Concentration camps and Ghettos where the Jews would be transported to.