Name: Titanic's Achilles Heel
Duration: 190
Description: Weighing the evidence and first hand accounts, a team of researchers attempts to discover the causes and truth behind the wrecks of the Titanic and the Britannic.

Weighing the evidence and first hand accounts, a team of researchers attempts to discover the causes and truth behind the wrecks of the Titanic and its sister vessel the Britannic.

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Titanic's Achilles Heel

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Weighing the evidence and first hand accounts, a team of researchers attempts to discover the causes and truth behind the wrecks of the Titanic and the Britannic.

<p>In the early 20th century, America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage. The era was defined by the temperance movement, Progressive-era activism, the sinking of the Titanic and World War I.</p>


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