1914-1918 **WORLD WAR I** ~U.S. OFFICIAL~ {SIGNAL CORPS} "GERMANY" REAL PHOTO!

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1914-1918 ***WORLD WAR I*** {{{VERY SCARCE}}}  ~U.S. OFFICIAL~  "BISMARCK PLACE IN GRAND PRE IN 1870" CORPS (NUMBER 58) APPROXIMATELY: 8 3/8" X 6 3/8" REAL PHOTO!
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United States in World War I
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Two American soldiers run towards a bunker.
The
United States
declared war on
Germany
on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after
World War I
started. A ceasefire and
Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918
. Before entering the war, the U.S. had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to the United Kingdom, France, and the other Allied powers.
The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material, and money, starting in 1917. American soldiers under
General of the Armies
John Pershing
,
Commander-in-Chief
of the
American Expeditionary Force
(AEF), arrived at the rate of 10,000 men a day on the
Western Front
in the summer of 1918. During the war the U.S. mobilized over 4 million military personnel and suffered 110,000 deaths, including around 45,000 who died due to the
1918 Spanish influenza outbreak
(30,000 before they even reached France).
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The war saw a dramatic expansion of the
United States government
in an effort to harness the
war effort
and a significant increase in the size of the
U.S. Armed Forces
.
After a relatively slow start in mobilizing the economy and labor force, by spring 1918, the nation was poised to play a role in the conflict. Under the leadership of
President
Woodrow Wilson
, the war represented the climax of the
Progressive Era
as it sought to bring reform and democracy to the world, although there was substantial public opposition to U.S. entry into the war.
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