Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea

Sinking of the Lusitania Terror at Sea also known as Lusitania Murder on the Atlantic, in German Der Untergang der Lusitania Tragdie eines Luxusliners is an EnglishGerman Docudrama produced in 2007. This 90minute film is a dramatization of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915 by a German Uboat, U20. The outside filming was done in South Africa the inside submarine scenes were filmed in Munich using the 25yearold Uboatmodel of the film Das Boot.

Remember the Lusitania Avenge the Lusitania These are the words that inspired many young US citizens to volunteer for service during the First World War. The sinking of this great British oceangoing liner provoked outrage around the world on an unprecedented scale. On May 7, 1915, a German torpedo sent the ship to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean in justminutesits speedy descent into the depths occurring far too fast for most of those aboard to make it to the lifeboats. Of the 1,962 passengers and crew on board, 1,200 were lost, including 94 children and, crucially, 128 US civilians, many of whom were prominent figures. President Woodrow Wilsons neutral stance started to crack. All over the country there were calls for the United States to take up arms against Germany. In many ways, the Lusitania tragedy was the major turning point of the Great War, and perhaps the single greatest factor that eventually brought the USA into the war in April 1917.It aired on the Discovery channel in the US on May 13, on BBCin the UK on May 27, 2007, in Germany on December 28, 2008 on ARD and on ABC1 in Australia on January 11, 2009 and the History Channel in New Zealand on February 3, 2009 ........

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