What Tom Holland has said about RMS Lusitania
1 quote · 1 episode · May 24, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on RMS Lusitania once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland characterises the practice of shipping munitions on passenger liners as using civilians to shield military cargo.
“basically using civilians as human shields to kind of protect military targets”
The Rest Is History: 673. The First World War: The Submarine Strikes (Part 3) (May 24, 2026) · Listen from 32:53
Episodes
673. The First World War: The Submarine Strikes (Part 3)The Rest Is History · May 24, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recount the 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania by U-20, its conspiracy theories, propaganda aftermath and effect on American opinion.
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- Dominic Sandbrook · 1 quote
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