AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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John J. Pershing
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Woodrow Wilson
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material, and money, starting in 1917. American soldiers under General of the Armies John Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), arrived at the rate of 10, 000 men a day on the Western Front in the summer of 1918.
Detailed explanation-2: -On September 12, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) under General John J. Pershing launched their first major offensive in Europe as an independent army. Their successful campaign was a major turning point in the war for the Allies. Ultimately, U.S. forces helped to defeat Germany earlier than expected.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the first sustained American offensive of World War I, an Allied force including a full brigade of nearly 4, 000 United States soldiers captures the village of Cantigny, on the Somme River in France, from their German enemy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S. mobilized more than 4, 000, 000 troops, over 2, 000, 000 of whom were sent to battlefields in France, under the command of Major General John J. Pershing.