Immediately prior to World War I, the only nation that challenged British naval supremacy was the Imperial German Navy. Since the British had entered amicable treaties with other European (France, Russia) and Asian powers (Japan) only the German Imperial navy remained as an opponent to the British naval supremacy.
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On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 perished, including more than 120 Americans. Nearly two years would pass before the United States formally entered World War I, but the sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany, both in the United States and abroad.