Even though Queen Victoria's descendants were on the thrones of Europe, those relatives were unable to prevent their countries from plunging into the chaos of war. This collection highlights what happened during the "forgotten war" and provides background for the WWI-based movie "1917."
As Lusitania steamed across the North Atlantic, its passengers (such as the American, Alfred Vanderbilt) were not thinking about lurking U-boats.
When the torpedo hit her starboard side, Lusitanias bridge lost control of the ship.
Just west of the Old Head of Kinsale on Irelands southern coast, Lusitania was about fourteen miles offshore.
The Lusitania set sail from New York City in the spring of 1915, despite a warning from the German government which threatened to sink non-military sh...
Captain Turner had planned to go down with his ship, but he was knocked unconscious.
At 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time, on the 7th of May 1945, Captain Schwieger ordered a G-type torpedo to be loaded into a forward tube.
As Lusitania reached the southern part of the Irish Cannel, the British admiralty issued a warning that submarine activity in the area had successfull...
This 1918 animation, by the famous cartoonist Winsor McCay (1867-1934), depicts the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania, a ship of the Cunard Line.
Lusitania had set speed records during her transatlantic crossings.
Manfred von Richthofen - Germany's World War I ace - flew a Fokker DR1 which was painted red.
During the first world war, life in the trenches of France was unbelievably difficult.
On the 1st of July, 1916, WWI fighting in France intensifies as the deadly Battle of the Somme begins.
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