[allmendream]

The Lusitania was the excuse used to enter the USA into WWI. The REAL reason was the Zimmerman telegram that showed Germany was conspiring with Mexico and attempting to conspire with Japan to attack us. But we could hardly admit, on the eve of the war, that the British had broken the German code....so the Lusitania made a convenient excuse.

[jalisco555]

The Lusitania was the excuse used to enter the USA into WWI. The REAL reason was the Zimmerman telegram that showed Germany was conspiring with Mexico and attempting to conspire with Japan to attack us. But we could hardly admit, on the eve of the war, that the British had broken the German code....so the Lusitania made a convenient excuse.

The Lusitania was sunk two years before we entered the war. It turned a lot of opinion against the Germans but it wasn't the cause of our entering the war. The cause was Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, which the US as a naval power couldn't tolerate.