This is the only film I have ever given the maximum score to. Everyone should see it. Indeed it should be compulsory viewing in every school and college. And this is why;
For the past century we (the whole world) have been fed endless lies and propaganda about the Lusitania - how it was sunk as a murderous act by a barbaric nation - how the Kaiser would eat babies for breakfast and so on. Now at last some very brave film makers have told us the truth....
(a) the British naval blockade on Germany (imposed on the very first day of the war as the first of its kind and utterly immoral) was literally starving thousands of innocent German civilians to death - 750,000 of them died of hunger before 1918. (b) the Lusitania was financed by the British government as an auxiliary warship and listed as such in the 1914 Janes Almanac. (c) It was carrying huge supplies of explosives and ammunition (d) the Germans gave fair warning that it was a legitimate target (e) the Royal Navy did nothing to protect it (f) the board of inquiry was pressured into a false finding that more than one torpedo was used thereby accusing the Germans of using more than minimum force (g) the huge loss of life was the direct result of the ammunition exploding (and thereby sinking the ship in 18 minutes under heavy listing) and the absence of immediate convoy support rather than the torpedo itself. Without the ammunition on board most of the casualties would have been saved. (h) Churchill deliberately connived with his friends in America to encourage such a tragedy for propaganda purposes. (i) the naval blockade on Germany was continued as a pressure on Germany to sign the foul Versailles Treaty in June 1919. And another 150,000 German civilians thereby died. And we all know what the Versailles treaty brought about.
At last we have a film that at least shows some of these truths. It is not only the 1,198 victims of the Lusitania we should consider but also the 900,000 German victims of the British blockade.
May they all rest in Peace.
Wonderful film.
For the past century we (the whole world) have been fed endless lies and propaganda about the Lusitania - how it was sunk as a murderous act by a barbaric nation - how the Kaiser would eat babies for breakfast and so on. Now at last some very brave film makers have told us the truth....
(a) the British naval blockade on Germany (imposed on the very first day of the war as the first of its kind and utterly immoral) was literally starving thousands of innocent German civilians to death - 750,000 of them died of hunger before 1918. (b) the Lusitania was financed by the British government as an auxiliary warship and listed as such in the 1914 Janes Almanac. (c) It was carrying huge supplies of explosives and ammunition (d) the Germans gave fair warning that it was a legitimate target (e) the Royal Navy did nothing to protect it (f) the board of inquiry was pressured into a false finding that more than one torpedo was used thereby accusing the Germans of using more than minimum force (g) the huge loss of life was the direct result of the ammunition exploding (and thereby sinking the ship in 18 minutes under heavy listing) and the absence of immediate convoy support rather than the torpedo itself. Without the ammunition on board most of the casualties would have been saved. (h) Churchill deliberately connived with his friends in America to encourage such a tragedy for propaganda purposes. (i) the naval blockade on Germany was continued as a pressure on Germany to sign the foul Versailles Treaty in June 1919. And another 150,000 German civilians thereby died. And we all know what the Versailles treaty brought about.
At last we have a film that at least shows some of these truths. It is not only the 1,198 victims of the Lusitania we should consider but also the 900,000 German victims of the British blockade.
May they all rest in Peace.
Wonderful film.