A 1915 painting of the Lusitania sinking, as rendered by the German government. (Wikimedia Commons) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...
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How a German submarine attack sank the Lusitania in less than 20 minutes
On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was nearing the Irish coast when a German U-boat fired a single torpedo. Within 18 minutes, the ship had sunk, leaving over a thousand dead and just over 700 ...
The message sent at 2:33 p.m. May 7, 1915, by the Lusitania was succinct: “Come at once.” The distress call was the first inkling of a German submarine attack that killed more than 1,000 passengers ...
In 1945: President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered, and that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe." 100 years ago: Lusitania death toll: "The latest ...
LONDON, Jan. 22, 1915 (UP) - The English steamer Durward, from Leith to Rotterdam, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine yesterday, 22 miles northwest of the Bus lightship, near the mouth of the Maas, ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year. On May 7, 1915 a German U-boat torpedoed and ...
Lusitania centenary commemorations commence in Courtmacsherry County Cork this weekend, with a re-enactment on Sunday to remember those who lost their lives on May 7, 1915. Paddy Kehoe talked to ...
On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland and nearly 1,200 lives were lost. Library of Congress via WikiCommons When the First World War began, in the ...
In pursuance of Germany’s policy of piratical warfare, in attacking unarmed merchant ships and sinking them without warning, a German submarine has sank the Cunard liner Lusitania, 30,396 tons, during ...
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