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For the sake of clarity, the role of American units in the Somme Offensive (8 August – 11 November), Oise-Aisne (18 August – 11 November), and Ypres-Lys (19 August – 11 November) Campaigns will be described briefly, before considering in more detail the activities of the main body of A.E.F. troops in the St. Mihiel (12–16 September) and ...
After the war, the United States of America rejected the Treaty of Versailles and did not join the League of Nations. In 1920, the manufacture, sale, import and export of alcohol was prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Possession of liquor, and drinking it, was never illegal before.
The United States declared war on Germany 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 World War I.
After the War a Medal and Maybe a Job at Opposition to World War I, by John Sloan (edited by Durova) National Fund for the Welsh Troops at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War , by Frank Brangwyn (edited by Durova )
The United States after the World War (1930) online Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine; Meyer G.J. The World Remade: America In World War I (2017), popular survey, 672pp; North, Diane M.T. California at War: The State and the People during World War I (2018) online review
American losses were worsened by the inexperience of many of the troops, the tactics used during the early phases of the operation, and the widespread onset of the global influenza outbreak called the "Spanish flu." The offensive was the principal engagement of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I.
The United States entered into World War I on 6 April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart from an Anglophile element urging early support for the British and an anti-Tsarist element sympathizing with Germany's war against Russia, American public opinion had generally reflected a desire to stay out of the war.
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