Last Voyage of the Lusitania.

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: September 1, 1994| Author: Rothenberg, Robert S. | Copyright information

Bob Ballard, who previously uncovered the wrecks of the Titanic and Bismark, this time has come up with, at best, a tease. Having set out to uncover the mystery behind the controversial World War I sinking of the Cunard liner Lusitania by a German Uboat, he wound up with nothing more than another theory of what caused the massive explosion that sent it to the bottom off the south coast of Ireland. Nevertheless, as usually is the case with National Geographic videos, there is enough ...

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