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Remember the 'Lusitania'
The British transformed the sinking of the passenger ship Lusitania by a German U-Boat on 7 May 1915 into a wide spread propaganda campaign. It incited hatred against Germany and, as the poster shows, encouraged recruitment "to avenge this devil's work."
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Wartime Recruiting Poster
CWM 19670086-007
The British transformed the sinking of the passenger ship Lusitania by a German U-Boat on 7 May 1915 into a wide spread propaganda campaign. It incited hatred against Germany and, as the poster shows, encouraged recruitment "to avenge this devil's work."
Full Text [PDF 16k]
Wartime Recruiting Poster
CWM 19670086-007
