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Germanys announcement
In January 1917, Germany announced that it would resume unrestricted submarine warfare. This announcement helped precipitate American entry into the conflict. When the German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg announced Germany’s intention to use submarine warfare that wasn't , his major concern and fear was that it would cause an American response – and he was correct. By 1917, the war was not going well for Germany on the Western Front. Germany Announcement -
German U-boat sinks U.S. cargo ship Housatonic United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany
On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson speaks for two hours before a historic session of Congress to announce that the United States is breaking diplomatic relations with Germany.a German U-boat sunk the American cargo ship Housatonic off the Scilly Islands, just southwest of Britain. A British ship rescued the ship's crew, but its entire cargo of grain was lost. This was a decisive step toward the American entry of world war 1
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February 24 United States learns of Zimmermann telegram
ZimmermanIn January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped bring the United States to the war and therefore changing the course of history. -
Zimmermann telegram published in American press
ZimmermanDuring World War I, British authorities give Walter H. Page, the U.S. ambassador to Britain, a copy of the "Zimmermann Note," a coded message from Arthur Zimmermann, the German foreign secretary, to Count Johann von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to Mexico. In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in late January, Zimmermann stated that in the event of war with the United States, Mexico should be asked to enter the conflict as a German ally.
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Wilson asks Congress to declare war
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed on April 2nd 1917, before Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Germany. Under Wilson, governor of New Jersey who was voted into the White House in 1912, the United States had proclaimed its neutrality from the beginning of World War I in the summer of 1914. after the German sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania in May 1915, which killed 1,201 people, including 128 Americans
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The U.S joins its allies
United states joins allies US joining allies On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. However, the U.S. eventually did enter the war -
U.S. troops march through central Paris to Lafayette’s tomb
On Jul/4/1917, the day on which the US celebrates its independence, U.S. troops make their first public display of WW1, marching through the streets of Paris to the grave of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat and hero of the American Revolutionary War. On July 4, 1917, immense public enthusiasm greeted the first public display of American troops: a symbolic march through Paris, ending at the grave of Lafayette
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Wilson gives “Fourteen Points” speech before U.S. Congres
Woodrow Wilsons 14 point speechOn this day in 1918, President Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech to Congress. In it, he articulated the ideas that would form the backbone of American foreign policy as the nation inched toward superpower status in the early 20th century. The First World War grimly illustrated to Wilson the unavoidable relationship between international stability and American national security.
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American Soldiers Cross Atlantic
American SoldiersIn June 1918, 279,000 American soldiers crossed the Atlantic; in July more than 300,000; in August, 286,000 more American soldiers crossed the Atlantic. All told, 1.5 million American troops ended up in Europe during the last six months of the war. By the end of the conflict, the allies could field 600,000 more men than the Germans. -
Germany surrendered with the Treaty of Versailles
TreatyGermany formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. The United States did not sign the treaty.
