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The 18 Minutes that Changed WWI | WWI EP 3
5/26/2026
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1 hr 15 mins
Topics
The Global Importance of Britain's Naval Command
Starts at 0:00
The Sinking of RMS Lusitania
Starts at 4:31
U-Boat Warfare and Strategic Dilemmas
Starts at 5:36
U-Boat Campaign and U.S. Involvement
Starts at 6:09
The Structure and Features of Lusitania
Starts at 7:10
The Development of U-Boats
Starts at 10:39
Life aboard a U-Boat
Starts at 12:11
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Starts at 18:11
Declaration of War Zone
Starts at 20:10
U-Boat Campaign and Ruthlessness
Starts at 21:24
Sinking of the Falaba
Starts at 22:19
Response from President Wilson
Starts at 23:15
The Lusitania's Cargo Controversy
Starts at 31:03
Interception of British Ships
Starts at 40:06
The Foggy Morning of May 7, 1915
Starts at 41:24
The Sinking of the Lusitania
Starts at 50:08
Survivor Accounts and Casualty Estimates
Starts at 54:47
American Isolationism and the Lusitania
Starts at 60:00
Churchill and the Lusitania Conspiracy Theory
Starts at 60:15
Public Sentiment and British Propaganda
Starts at 62:18
Germany's Reaction to the Lusitania
Starts at 63:26
Woodrow Wilson's Response
Starts at 68:20
Shift in German Naval Strategy
Starts at 70:35