The German submarine U-20 sank the merchant-ship Lusitania on May 7th, 1915, which was carrying about 2000 passengers. About 100 of these passengers were American citizens. The photograph portrays the Lusitania receiving fire from the U-20. The exact time is not given, but one could safely guess that the picture was recorded before it sank completely which was in the afternoon (Gilbert 157). "In Britain, the sinking of the Lusitania was, for the rest of the war, a powerful …showed first 75 words of 952 total…

…showed last 75 words of 952 total…into the war at a critical time when the Allied powers needed all the help they could get. The American entrance tipped the balance scale and defeated the Germans. In retrospect, all the consequences of sinking the Lusitania dealt the outcome of the Great War. Many other factors about the warring countries decided the fate of this devastating and murderous war, but the idea discussed in this paper is surely one of the major reasons.