Carter Roy

The thermal shock blew it up.

But the British stuck to the second torpedo story, even though they knew Captain Turner and the Germans were right.

Yeah, from the day the Lusitania sank, Room 40 knew it was only hit with one torpedo.

They found out when they decoded Germany's communications about the attack.

But Britain's top brass couldn't say that they knew without revealing how they knew.

So they invented a second torpedo, called the Germans liars, and tried to discredit Captain Turner.

That's how far they'd go to keep a secret that would win the war.

Because that was the end game.

Win the war against Germany.

For Room 40, and perhaps for President Wilson.

If the secret scheme happened,

It worked.

And if it worked, they might have repeated it.

Because in 1940, as the U.S.

contemplated once again joining the British to fight Germany in a world war, President Franklin Roosevelt made a request.

According to journalist Colin Simpson, Roosevelt pulled the notes from President Wilson that were locked in the U.S.

Treasury.

ones labeled for the president's eyes only including the lusitania's secret manifest it's possible the classified document influenced his actions leading up to pearl harbor another attack the government allegedly knew about but allowed to happen

Maybe he took the manifest as Wilson's suggestion that false flags are needed.

Maybe other presidents did too.