Join this channel to get access to the rest of this series right away: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join This is EP 3 of our second series on WW1, the first episode is here: https://youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc EP 2 is available here: https://youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_ And for the whole of WWI: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD Watch our first series on WW1 here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Was the Lusitania merely an ocean liner like Titanic, or a formidable battle ship? How and why did a German U-boat fleet manage to bring down this titan of the sea? And, how did the tragedy ignite the United States’ decision to finally join the War in 1917? Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the most cataclysmic events of the First World War, and a major turning point for America’s intervention…. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory 0:00 The U-boat Threat to Britain 0:49 Lloyds 2:21 H.P. Lovecraft’s Lusitania Poem 4:34 The Sinking of the Lusitania 5:31 America and the First World War 7:14 The Lusitania: Cunard’s Great Ocean Liner 9:32 The Rise of the U-boat 12:10 Life Inside a German Submarine 13:59 Germany Targets British Trade 15:58 Prize Rules and Submarine Warfare 18:05 Germany Debates Unrestricted Submarine Warfare 20:09 The German Warning to Britain 21:21 The Early U-boat Campaign 22:17 The Sinking of the Falaba 23:50 The Lusitania Keeps Sailing 25:09 Germany Pushes for Ruthless U-boat Attacks 26:42 The Lusitania Arrives in New York 26:59 Germany’s Warning in the American Press 28:31 Was the Lusitania Deliberately Targeted? 29:51 The Passengers Board the Lusitania 31:01 The Lusitania’s Controversial Cargo 34:18 The German Warning Appears Beside the Cunard Ad 36:00 Alfred Gwyn Vanderbilt’s Telegram 37:36 Captain Turner and the “Unsinkable” Claim 39:20 U-20 Sets Out for the Irish Sea 40:56 The Lusitania Enters the War Zone 41:20 The Final Morning 42:51 U-20 Spots the Lusitania 44:17 The Torpedo Is Fired 44:34 The Times 45:45 The Torpedo Hits the Lusitania 47:28 The Mystery of the Second Explosion 48:25 Captain Turner Loses Control of the Ship 49:33 Abandon Ship 50:02 How the Lusitania Sinking Differed from Titanic 50:38 The Lifeboat Disaster 52:07 The Lusitania Goes Down 53:17 Charlotte Pye and the Death of Her Baby 54:47 The Death Toll 55:51 Alfred Gwyn Vanderbilt’s Final Moments 57:09 Alice Lines and the Pearl Children 59:26 Lusitania Conspiracy Theories 1:00:20 Did Churchill Let the Lusitania Sink? 1:02:23 The Propaganda War Begins 1:03:15 Germany Celebrates the Sinking 1:05:07 British Outrage and German “Barbarism” 1:06:23 The Lusitania Souvenir Medal 1:07:17 America Reacts 1:08:15 Woodrow Wilson’s “Too Proud to Fight” Speech 1:09:29 William Jennings Bryan Resigns 1:10:10 Wilson Confronts Germany 1:10:35 Germany Pulls Back from Unrestricted Submarine Warfare 1:11:01 The Sinking of the Arabic 1:11:33 The End of the 1915 U-boat Campaign 1:11:53 Britain’s Blockade of Germany 1:12:37 How Lusitania Changed American Opinion 1:13:11 Germany Restarts Submarine Warfare in 1917 1:13:40 Next Time: Edith Cavell Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan, Charlie Rodwell + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley Creative Director of animation: Michael Sherdyts Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy 3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal