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[[Image:NYT01May1915.jpg|200px|right|thumb|German advertisement in ''New York Times'', May 1, 1915, warns passengers not to take the Lusitania.]]

[[Image:NYT01May1915.jpg|200px|right|thumb|German advertisement in ''New York Times'', May 1, 1915, warns passengers not to take the Lusitania.]]

'''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was a British passenger liner sunk by a German uboat in  [[World War I]] with heavy loss of life. The terrorist attack on unarmed civilians was a major atrocity that outraged Americans and ruined Germany's reputation as an honorable nation. The episode helped push the U.S. into war against Germany in 1917.

'''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was a British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat (submarine) in  [[World War I]] with heavy loss of life. The terrorist attack on unarmed civilians was a major atrocity that outraged Americans and ruined Germany's reputation as an honorable nation. The episode helped push the U.S. into war against Germany in 1917.

==History==

==History==

==Aftermath==

==Aftermath==

The sinking of ''Lusitania'' was a terrorist attack against a civilian target and a dramatic violation of the standards of civilized warfare, though the Germans celebrated their triumph. 128 Americans lost their lives.  President [[Woodrow Wilson]], demanded promises that Germany would never again sink unarmed passenger liners.  

The sinking of ''Lusitania'' was a terrorist attack against a civilian target and a dramatic violation of the standards of civilized warfare, though the Germans celebrated their triumph. 128 Americans lost their lives.  President [[Woodrow Wilson]], demanded promises that Germany would never again sink unarmed passenger liners.  

 

[[Category:Terrorism]]

[[Category:Terrorism]]

[[Category:World War I]]

[[Category:World War I]]