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This is EP 3 of our second series on WW1, the first episode is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is available here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
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Watch our first series on WW1 here: 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….
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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
Join this channel to get access to the rest of this series right away:
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This is EP 3 of our second series on WW1, the first episode is here: youtu.be/pTZ-hKmAgnc
EP 2 is available here: youtu.be/2ESDqh8NUoQ
All of our episodes about 1915 in WWI are available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGIIS4anbQWQHf-QViOWK0_
And for the whole of WWI: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuGWPL93I6cQlS-VOFmRJjrD
Watch our first series on WW1 here: 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:
instagram.com/theresthistory
tiktok.com/@theresthistory
https://x.com/TheRestHistory
https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social
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
