This is the story of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania and how it lit the path to war for the United States of America. More for You. At least 24 are dead, and girls are missing from a camp, ...

Erik Larson explains the sinking of the Lusitania. ** This clip is part of C-SPAN Classroom's FREE resources for teachers and students. Visit www.c-spanclassroom.org for more info.

The RMS Lusitania arriving in New York City in 1907. (George Grantham Bain Collection /Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) Owning a fragment of history — a Gettysburg bullet, a ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a German U-boat fired a single torpedo into the hull of the RMS Lusitania, a hulking ship with record-breaking speed that was carrying nearly 2,000 people from New York City ...

On May 7, it will be exactly 100 years since the sinking of the luxury steamship Lusitania by a German submarine. A new best-selling novel is exploring the question: Did it have to happen?

Although it only took the British ocean liner Lusitania 18 minutes to sink after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I on May 7, 1915, the tragedy has been shrouded in mystery for ...

In 1907, Britain launched the Lusitania, ... America was on fire, ready for war when the next incidents occurred, as they would in 1917 with the sinking of U.S. merchant ships in similar waters.

Panelists examined the wartime role of the sinking of the Lusitania, the worldwide reaction to the tragedy, and its impact on American public opinion about the war. On May 7, 1915, the RMS ...