Since this episode of The History Files was recorded in May of 2015, exactly 100 years after the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Gordon thought it might be appropriate to discuss “false flag” events.

It should come as no surprise that the Lusitania incident isn’t the only one. It should also not surprise anybody to discover that political leaders can do some pretty shady things in the name of “the ends justify the means”.

Show notes and links:

* US-China war ‘inevitable’ unless Washington drops demands over South China Sea (telegraph.co.uk).

* Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (en.wikipedia.org).

* Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists (goodreads.com).

* Case Closed: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident (historynet.com).

* 42 ADMITTED False Flag Attacks Washington’s Blog (washingtonsblog.com).

* USS Maine (ACR-1) (en.wikipedia.org).

* Attack At Pearl Harbor, 1941 (eyewitnesstohistory.com).

* Fumimaro Konoe (en.wikipedia.org).

* Lend-Lease Act (history.com).

* Walter Short (en.wikipedia.org).

* Husband E. Kimmel (en.wikipedia.org).