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The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
The United States After the World War (1930) Marrin, Albert. The Yanks Are Coming: The United States in the First World War (1986) online; May, Ernest R. The World War and American Isolation, 1914-1917 (1959) online at ACLS e-books, highly influential study; Nash, George H.
Even with price controls and a lower profit margin on manufactured goods, the profits resulting from wartime sales expanded the company into the third largest manufacturing company in the country. Bethlehem Steel became the primary arms supplier for the United States and other allied powers again in 1939. [24]
The nation was poorly armed when it went to war in April 1917, but it had millions of potential fresh soldiers, billions of dollars, and huge supplies of raw materials needed by the Allies. Officially Wilson kept the US independent of the Allies. In 1918 Wilson took personal control of negotiations with Germany, including the armistice.
Gatling gun (Pre World War 1) Field guns. Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun; Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903; ... United States of America. Springfield M1903 rifle. Edged weapons.
The United States was a major supplier of war material to the Allies but remained neutral in 1914, in large part due to domestic opposition. [168] 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.
The United States in the Supreme War Council: American War Aims and Inter-Allied Strategy, 1917–1918 (1961) Trask, David F. The AEF and Coalition Warmaking, 1917–1918 (1993) online free; Van Ells, Mark D. America and World War I: A Traveler's Guide. (Interlink, 2014) Venzon, Anne ed. The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia ...
Map of the World showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting along with the Allied Powers (at one point or another) are depicted in blue, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey. The Allied leaders of World War I were the political and military figures that fought for or supported the Allied Powers during World ...