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The Famous American Merchantship sunk by Germany was _____.

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Luftwaffe
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Royal
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Lusitania
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Berlin
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Solution

The correct option is C Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on German.
The correct answer is C.

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