The lusitania was indeed a fascinating ship. However there were some aspects in which bunked down that magnifency. Winston Churchill explains how that is come to affect many people boarding that ship. One, the sinking of the Lusitania was not completely unexpected, two, information was already there to prevent the sinking of the ship, and the deceased plus survivors.
In the American newspaper, there was cautionary advice by germans saying that passengers traveling on british ships that they would be at risk for being attacked by the vessels. The passengers were also told that there would be german submarines; which caused some uneasiness among certain passengers, to the point were people who got fully clothed to bed. A particular passenger, “A young english man at our table had been served with his ice cream and was waiting for the steward to bring him a spoon to eat it with. He looked ruefully at it and said he would hate to have a torpedo get to him before he ate it”(234). Lucky he made it alive. Another case was when the American ambassador wrote, “The blowing up of a liner with American passengers may be the prelude […] I almost expect such a thing.’ He added, ‘If a British liner full of Americans be blown up, what will Uncle Sam do? What’s going to happen?” (150). Therefore, Winston Churchill welcome the catastrophes and disasters waiting to happen. He knew it was …show more content…
First the british government failed at protecting the lusitania from attack. British intelligence knew that attacks have been made towards them, the location of the U-boats and still decide to pretend that they knew nothing. Leading the sinking of the Lusitania; “The Lusitania remained a passenger liner, but with the hull of a battleship”(12). In addition, on May 1st, no one on board knew about the American oil tanker or that in washington the incident had sparked concerned as to the safety of the
In the American newspaper, there was cautionary advice by germans saying that passengers traveling on british ships that they would be at risk for being attacked by the vessels. The passengers were also told that there would be german submarines; which caused some uneasiness among certain passengers, to the point were people who got fully clothed to bed. A particular passenger, “A young english man at our table had been served with his ice cream and was waiting for the steward to bring him a spoon to eat it with. He looked ruefully at it and said he would hate to have a torpedo get to him before he ate it”(234). Lucky he made it alive. Another case was when the American ambassador wrote, “The blowing up of a liner with American passengers may be the prelude […] I almost expect such a thing.’ He added, ‘If a British liner full of Americans be blown up, what will Uncle Sam do? What’s going to happen?” (150). Therefore, Winston Churchill welcome the catastrophes and disasters waiting to happen. He knew it was …show more content…
First the british government failed at protecting the lusitania from attack. British intelligence knew that attacks have been made towards them, the location of the U-boats and still decide to pretend that they knew nothing. Leading the sinking of the Lusitania; “The Lusitania remained a passenger liner, but with the hull of a battleship”(12). In addition, on May 1st, no one on board knew about the American oil tanker or that in washington the incident had sparked concerned as to the safety of the