Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Lusitania sinking from articles.. June of 1915. One of them compares the design of the Titanic to that of the Lusitania and which one was better.

Here are two articles on the sinking of the Lusitania in May of 1915. The articles are from June of 1915.
The first article presents a case on the major question of the day. Which was, why did the Lusitania sink so fast? The next article is more about the news aspect of the disaster and what everyone thought would happen next.

This is a very fascinating period of time in history. Enjoy reading this, as it truly is history when it was but only news.

The loss of the Lusitania was a ground breaking moment for the world in 1915. The echos of that disaster still reverberate to this day.