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Sinking of RMS Lusitania - Diplomatic Crisis

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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Chronological records

1915

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg7 May 1915

Kinsale · Warfare / World War, 1st

The sinking intensified diplomatic pressure on Germany because 128 United States citizens were among roughly 1,200 people killed.

Names involved

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

Provenance

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