CHAPTER 24: A NATION AT WAR The Sinking of the Lusitania Germans post in the ?New York World? a warning to Americans and others traveling in the water adjacent to the British isles ?are liable for destruction? for that was part of the war zone where a state of war existed between Britain and her allies and Germany, and her allies. On May 1st, 1915, the Lusitania set sail from New York to Liverpool carrying passengers and ?secretly? ammunition. 1257 passengers, entering the war zone, where German u- boats awaited. At the beginning of the war, Britain naval blockaded the Germans, as result, in 1915, Germany declared the area as war zone, ?all enemy vessels ? armed or not= at risk. Submarines = new and frightening.
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CHAPTER 24: A NATION AT WAR The Sinking of the Lusitania Germans post in the ?New York World? a warning to Americans and others traveling in the water adjacent to the British isles ?are liable for destruction? for that was part of the war zone where a state of war existed between Britain and her allies and Germany, and her allies. On May 1st, 1915, the Lusitania set sail from New York to Liverpool carrying passengers and ?secretly? ammunition. 1257 passengers, entering the war zone, where German u- boats awaited. At the beginning of the war, Britain naval blockaded the Germans, as result, in 1915, Germany declared the area as war zone, ?all enemy vessels ? armed or not= at risk. Submarines = new and frightening.
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