Her sinking with the loss of almost 1,200 lives caused such outrage that it propelled the U.S. into the First World War.
But now divers have revealed a dark secret about the cargo carried by the Lusitania on its final journey in May 1915.
Munitions they found in the hold suggest that the Germans had been right all along in claiming the ship was carrying war materials and was a legitimate military target.
Gee, we were lied into WWI too.
Maintaining that the Lusitania was solely a passenger vessel, the British quickly accused the ‘Pirate Hun’ of
slaughtering civilians.The disaster was used to whip up anti-German anger, especially in the U.S., where 128 of the 1,198 victims came from.
Every war needs it’s propaganda and this was the perfect one to exploit.