Yet, this policy of Neautality became harder to maintain once German submarines, called U-boats, began torpedoing American ships bound for England.
Public opinion turned strongly against the Germans in 1915, when a U-boats sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. Nearly twelve hundred people died, including 128 Americans. The Germans pointed out, however, that the Lusitania was carrying ammunition, so it's voyage wasn't entirely
Public opinion turned strongly against the Germans in 1915, when a U-boats sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. Nearly twelve hundred people died, including 128 Americans. The Germans pointed out, however, that the Lusitania was carrying ammunition, so it's voyage wasn't entirely