JOHN FROST NEWSPAPERS X1, GETTY X2
TRAGEDY AT SEA Around three-quarters of the children on board the Lusitania perished. The tragedy of so many infants dying at sea played into the hands of the British propaganda machine.
One spring afternoon, just off the coast of Ireland, a cruise liner – the Lusitania – was sailing through calm waters, just a day away from home. The passengers were blissfully unaware of the dangers that lay beneath. The ship would soon sink under the waves in a matter of minutes, struck by a German U-boat in the midst of World War I.