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The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. A ceasefire and armistice were 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 powers of the Allies of ...
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The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) served on the Western Front, under General John J. Pershing, and engaged in 13 official military campaigns between 1917 and 1918, for which campaign streamers were designated.
Withdrawal and the Russian Revolution begins (March–November 1917) By the end of 1916, Russian casualties totalled nearly five million killed, wounded or captured, with major urban areas affected by food shortages and high prices. In March 1917, Tsar Nicholas ordered the military to forcibly suppress a wave of strikes in Petrograd but the ...
American entry into World War I. US President Woodrow Wilson announces the break in official relations with the German Empire in an address to the US Congress on February 3, 1917. The United States entered into World War I in April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart from an Anglophile element urging early ...
Over 4,386,000. Civilian dead: Over 3,700,000. Total dead: Over 8,000,000. ... further details. World War I[j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle ...
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82nd Division ("All-American Division") 5 August 1917 18 July 1918 Maj. Gen. Eben Swift Maj. Gen. William P. Burnham Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan: Saint-Mihiel Meuse–Argonne: 83rd Division ("Ohio Division") 5 August 1917 None (Depot Division) Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn Brig. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook: Vittorio Veneto (332nd Infantry only)