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The year the United States entered World War I was marked by near disaster for the Allies on all the European fronts. A French offensive in April, with which the British cooperated, was a failure, and was followed by widespread mutinies in the French armies.
Pages in category "United States Army generals of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 419 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Maxime Weygand – General in the French Army and one of the Permanent Military Representatives in the Allied Supreme War Council; Augustin Dubail – Commanded the 1st Army (1914–1915) followed by Army Group East at Battle of Verdun until 1916. He was later military governor of Paris (1916–1918)
The very weakness of American military power encouraged the German Empire to start its unrestricted submarine attacks in 1917. It knew this meant war with America, but it could discount the immediate risk because the U.S. Army was negligible and the new warships would not be at sea until 1919 by which time the war would be over, Berlin thought ...
The United States was a major supplier of war materials to the Allies but remained neutral in 1914, in large part due to domestic opposition. [7] The most significant factor in creating the support Wilson needed was the German submarine offensive, which not only cost American lives, but paralysed trade as ships were reluctant to put to sea. [8]
Pages in category "American military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 361 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Military aviation leaders of World War I (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Military leaders of World War I" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Military leaders had little to say during this debate, and military considerations were seldom raised. The decisive questions dealt with morality and visions of the future. The prevailing attitude was that the US possessed a superior moral position as the only great nation devoted to the principles of freedom and democracy.