ibiblio
Ibiblio: Ww Ii Resources: Shoot on Sight Speech Regarding Attack on Uss Greer
German U-boat attacks made it increasingly difficult for the United States to maintain its neutrality in World War II. Read Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech given on September 11, 1949, in response to the German attack on the US destroyer,...
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young U.: Wwi Document Archive: Wilson's First Lusitania Note to Germany
Read the text of a note sent to the German government by Woodrow Wilson protesting the sinking of the Lusitania.
Brigham Young University
Wwi Doc. Archive: German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Read this official German document, translated into English, from 1917 concerning the issue of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I.
Digital History
Digital History: America at War: The Guns of August
Read about the course of World War I on both the eastern and western fronts. See how the upheaval in the world brought about attempts at revolution in several countries.
Mount Holyoke College
International Relations: American Protest Over the Sinking of the Lusitania
Text of a statement by William Jennings Bryan protesting the sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boats.
Library of Congress
Loc: Newspaper Pictorials: The Lusitania Disaster
Read about the sinking of the Luisitania in 1915 and find out about how it affected the American desire to enter World War I.
The History Cat
The History Cat: America Enters the Ring
Describes the events leading up to America's entry into World War I and the changes that took place in America soon after. These included legislation such as the Selective Service Act and the Espionage and Sedition Acts, protests by...
Curated OER
Eye Witness to History: U Boat Attack, 1916
Read about the rise of u-boat warfare and a personal account of a u-boat attack from the diary of a u-boat commander. Provided by EyeWitness to History.