Discover the harrowing account of how the infamous U-boat U20 sank the RMS Lusitania during World War I. Uncover the historical significance of this event and its impact on maritime warfare.

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• 0:00 – Early Years of World War I
• 0:54 – British Blockade and German U-boats
• 4:24 – Captain Walther Schweiger & U20
• 9:38 – May 6, 1915
• 12:13 – May 7, 1915
• 15:40 – Sinking of the Lusitania
• 21:40 – Aftermath of the sinking of the Lusitania

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Sources:

Beesly, Patrick. Room 40: British Naval Intelligence, 1914–1918. Long Acre, London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1982. https://archive.org/details/room40britishnav0000bees

Military Factory, SM U-19: Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine, https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.php?ship_id=SM-U19-Uboat-Submarine

Schwieger, Walter. “War at Sea.” The National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=18

Source Records of the Great War, Vol. III, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923. http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/lusitania_germanresponse.htm

Preston, Diana. Remember the Lusitania. New York: Walker & Co. 2003. https://archive.org/details/rememberlusitani00pres/page/n7/mode/1up

Preston, Diana. Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania. London: Black Swan. 2003. https://archive.org/details/wilfulmurdersink0000pres_j2d3

“WWI U-boat Successes: Ships hit by U-20.” Uboat.net. Web. 28 April 2011. http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/successes/u20.html.