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Did the Titanic sinking have anything to do with World War I?

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However the sinking of the similar sized passenger vessel, the RMS Lusitania by a German U-boat during the war in 1915 off the coast of Ireland, had a lot to do with the United States finally joining in on that war. read more

The sinking of the Titanic foreshadowed the maritime disasters resulting from German U-boat attacks in the coming Great War – most prominently RMS Lusitania, torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915, resulting in the deaths of 1,198 out of 1,959 aboard. read more

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