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Declaration of Neutrality
Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by President George Washington in May 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. It threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war. -
The Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906, at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. -
Sussex Pledge Made
The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships -
Sussex pledge Ended
Germany became convinced they could defeat the Allied Forces by instituting unrestricted submarine warfare before the United States could enter the war. The Sussex pledge was therefore rescinded in January 1917, thereby initiating the decisive stage of the so-called First Battle of the Atlantic. -
Zimmermann Note
Zimmermann Note was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join an alliance with Germany in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. -
American ships targeted
U.S. Merchant Ships, Sailing Vessels, and Fishing Craft Lost from all Causes during World War I. -
Declaration of War
The 'Great War', which began on 28 July 1914 with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war with Serbia
