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The famous American merchant ship was sunk by Germany ____________.

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Luftwaffe
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Royal
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Lusitania
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Harmony of the Sea
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Solution

The correct option is C Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned luxury steamship Lusitania and killed 1,128 people including 128 Americans. The disaster immediately caused tension in relations between Germany and the neutral United States, fueled anti-German sentiment and set off a chain of events that eventually led to the United States entering World War I.

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