USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 7, 1915, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1, 959 men, women, and children on board, 1, 195 perished, including 123 Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kapitänleutnant Walter Schwieger was the thirty-year-old commander of the submarine U-20 that sank the Lusitania. His war diary describes the attack and the rapid sinking of the great liner as he viewed it through his periscope.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lusitania sank, killing 1, 195 people on board, including 123 Americans. The incident created sharp reactions among Americans, many of whom believed that the United States should inflict an immediate reprisal upon Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -SS Gulflight was the first merchant vessel torpedoed by a German U-boat, U-30, on May 1, 1915, resulting in 3 killed. Six days later, 128 Americans lost their lives when the British passenger liner Lusitania was sunk by German U-Boats. 1, 198 people perished overall in the attack.