Seeking Revenge
Churchill saw another two years and millions of more deaths in the West before Wilson started to order American boots on European ground. As for Germany, they defended their aggression, claiming the Lusitania was carrying weapons and war supplies and therefore, it was fair game in the name of war. As Germany continued to defer any blame, British propaganda was snowballing.
Anti-German Lusitania riots in London 1915. Photo by Historia / Shutterstock
Vengeance-seeking Brits were rushing to enlist, and anti-German riots were breaking out in London. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said: “The poor babies who perished in the ocean struck a blow at German power more deadly than could have been achieved by the sacrifice of 100,000 men.” But before entering the First World War, the US issued a warning…