WATCH: “The WW1 Conspiracy – Part 2”

The second part in James Corbett’s documentary series analysing the roots, and myths, of World War I.

The Lusitania, one of the largest passenger liners in the world, is en route from New York to Liverpool when it is struck by a torpedo from a German U-boat. She sinks to the bottom in minutes, killing 1,198 passengers and crew, including 128 Americans. The disaster—portrayed as a brazen, unexpected attack on an innocent passenger liner—helps to shift public opinion about the war in the US. To the average American, the war suddenly doesn’t feel like a strictly European concern.

Every aspect of the story was, as we now know, a deception.

Watch Part 1 here and Part 3 here. A full transcript and links to sources are available here.

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