Picture No | 10215232 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | The Sinking of the Lusitania |
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An illustration by S. Begg from an eye-witness survivior of the sinking of the 'Lusitania ' by a German U-boat in 1915. As well as carrying a large cargo of Allied munitions, the liner was also transporting, among its passengers, 100 neutral Americans. The incident played a large part in bringing the United States of America into World War I.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. May 15th 1915. P.616-617 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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