may 7, 1915 - Sinking of the Lusitania

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The sinking of this ship is the reason why the United States joined the war after declaring to be nuetral. Germany shrunk this ship after using submarine warefare against the United Kingdom, which America was trading goods with. This boat carried over 130 Americans. Soon after Germany had stated to look after the safety of passengers of unarmed boats, but ending up shinking another ship which carried 28 Americans.

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