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Lusitania Sunk, 128 Americans Die
May 7, 1915
128
American citizens were among the 1,200 passengers of the ocean liner
Lusitania which was sunk by a German submarine. The sinking of the
Lusitania poisoned relations between the United States and Germany,
but did not immediately result in American intervention in the war.
128
American citizens were among the 1,200 passengers of the ocean liner
Lusitania which was sunk by a German submarine. The sinking of the
Lusitania poisoned relations between the United States and Germany,
but did not immediately result in American intervention in the war.