Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.

One hundred years ago, 128 Americans died among more than a thousand in the sinking of what was then the greatest ocean liner in the world. In response, the U.S. entered World War I. That's the story ...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- One of the more memorable events of 1915, the second year of World War I, was the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania. Along with the loss of the Titanic in 1912, the ...

In 1915, a German submarine sunk the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing nearly 1,200 people including 123 Americans. The story of that disaster is the subject of a new book, “Dead Wake.” ...

The Lusitania and the RMS Titanic are two of the most majestic vessels the British have ever produced. Both tragically sank, causing enormous loss of life. What's particularly notable about the two ...

In May 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, resulting in the loss of more than 1,100 lives, The attack on the civilian vessel sent shockwaves around the ...

Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. Professor Michael Neiberg talked about events leading up to America’s entry ...