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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.
The Battle of Charleroi, another of the frontier battles, was an action taking place 12–23 August 1914. The battle was joined by the French Fifth Army, advancing north towards the River Sambre, and the German Second and Third armies, moving southwest through Belgium. The Fifth army was meant to join the Third and Fourth armies in their attack ...
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 121 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. [citation needed] These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
American victory Battle of Tearcoat Swamp: October 25, 1780 South Carolina American victory La Balme's Defeat: November 5, 1780: Quebec: British-Iroquois victory Battle of Fishdam Ford: November 9, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Blackstock's Farm: November 20, 1780: South Carolina: American victory Battle of Fort St. George ...
American women never served in combat roles (as did some Russians), but many were eager to serve as nurses and support personnel in uniform. [70] During the course of the war, 21,498 U.S. Army nurses (American military nurses were all women then) served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas.
Napoleon crossing the Alps before the Battle of Marengo, 1800 Battle of Austerlitz, 1805 Battle of Waterloo, 1815 Battle of Malakoff, 1855 Prussian troops quarter just outside Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. 1803 Irish Rebellion of 1803; 1803 Souliote War; 1803–1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1804–1813 First Serbian Uprising; 1804–1813 Russo ...
Battle of Chateau-Thierry, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Western: End of the Second Battle of Artois July 18–22 Western: Battle of Soissons, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. July 19 Western: Battle of Tardenois, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. Politics: Honduras declares war on Germany. [24] August
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."