WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A Allied withdrawal from a Turkish peninsula
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B British victories in the Sinai that secured the Suez Canal
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C American military and financial intervention in the war
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D the switch in allegiance of Italy from the Central Powers to the Allies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which most affected the course and outcome of World War I? American military and financial intervention in the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The American Expeditionary Forces arrived in Europe in 1917 and helped turn the tide in favor of Britain and France, leading to an Allied victory over Germany and Austria in November 1918. By the time of the armistice, more than four million Americans had served in the armed forces and 116, 708 had lost their lives.
Detailed explanation-3: -The entry of the United States was the turning point of the war, because it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible. It had been foreseen in 1916 that if the United States went to war, the Allies’ military effort against Germany would be upheld by U.S. supplies and by enormous extensions of credit.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First World War destroyed empires, created numerous new nation-states, encouraged independence movements in Europe’s colonies, forced the United States to become a world power and led directly to Soviet communism and the rise of Hitler.