u.s joins the war
On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United State formally enters the First World War.When world war 1 erupted in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson pledged neutrality for the United States, a position favored by the vast majority of Americans. Britain, however, was one of America's closest trading partners, and tension soon arose between the United States and Germany over the latter's attempted quarantine of the British Isles. Several U.S. ships traveling to Britain were damaged or sunk by German mines, and, in February 1915, Germany announced unrestricted warfare against all ships, neutral or otherwise, that entered the war zone around Britain. One month later, Germany announced that a German cruiser had sunk the William P. Frye, a private American vessel. President Wilson was outraged, but the German government apologized, calling the attack an unfortunate mistake.
The U.S. joined the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan)
who were at war with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey),
The U.S. joined the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan)
who were at war with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey),