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because of a boat and a note. The boat was the Lusitania, which was sunk by German U-boats
In the Great War, American public opinion turned against Germany following persistent attacks by submarines on merchant shipping. The most notorious sinking was that of the passenger steamer RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915 when 1198 out of 1959 passengers and crew were killed. The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, and was was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat.
The death of Americans that were passengers aboard the British ship Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine.
Germany had sunk the Lusitania, which was a British liner carrying 128 American citizens, who all died. They also sunk many other merchant ships. Then Germany attempted to get Mexico to turn on the United States by sending them the Zimmerman note. This note was intercepted and sent to the U.S. The U.S. got increasingly angry at Germany, and President Woodrow Wilson asked for a declaration of war against Germany from Congress.
Because when the Lusitania was sunk with 200 Americans on board, President Wilson finally declared war on Germany. The Zimmerman note was also a reason the USA. went to war.
The Lusitania.
Lusitania
Ocean liner Lusitania.
British luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania was sunk by German U-20 off the coast of Ireland. The liner was en-route from New York City to Liverpool, England with 1,924 passengers & crew. Of the 1,119 deaths, 114 were Americans including Alfred Vanderbilt, one of the world's richest men. This event enraged American public opinion against Germany.
Lusitania was sunk in 1915.
The Curacao was sunk by the QE 2
RMS Lusitania
an ocean liner that sunk in l956.
It was sunk in May 1915 during World War 1 by Germany.
British luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania was sunk by German U-20 off the coast of Ireland. The liner was en-route from New York City to Liverpool, England with 1,924 passengers & crew. Of the 1,119 deaths, 114 were Americans including Alfred Vanderbilt, one of the world's richest men. This event enraged American public opinion against Germany.
There may have been more than one for all I know, but the most famous (at least in the US) and the one that comes immediately to mind was the Lusitania.
The Athena was sunk south of Ireland just after the start of WW2.