1. Americans on the European Front

2. The Troops U.S. does not send troops at first
Send loans, naval support, supplies, and arms
June st men sent over
Very few men in the army at this time
May 1917: Selective Service Act
Draft of young men for service

3. Soldiers Prepare for War

4. Troops Cont. Women now included in the Armed Forces
Nurses, drivers, clerks, and telephone operators
Some women also worked abroad as civilians for the government or private agencies

5. Women and the War

6. Soldiers Doughboys: Infantrymen Segregation
Dumpling shaped buttons on Union uniforms
Segregation
U.S. troops not joined up with Allied troops
Allied troops too focused on defensive moves instead of offensive moves
African-American soldiers served in separate units
Most never saw any action
Marines-refused to accept African-Americans
Navy-only allowed to do menial tasks
Army-only allowed to do manual labor

7. African-American Support

8. Crossing the Ocean
Convoy- small destroyers surrounded merchant and troop ships to protect them from the German U-Boat

9. Convoy Across the Atlantic

10. New Factors in the War Revolution in Russia Lenin takes over in 1917
Germany helped him to come to power with the promise that if Lenin gained power he would make peace with Germany
Civil War in Russia
Opposition to Lenin brings war
Russia pulls out of the World War-March 3, 1918

11. Germany turns West Germany now focuses on the western front
Troops get within 56 miles of Paris
U.S. comes to the rescue
Turning Point in the War
Counterattack the Germans with British Tanks and airplanes with bombs
Germans soon in a full retreat

12. U.S. in Germany at the end of the war

13. Armistice & War’s Toll Final Assault-September 26, 1918
Expel Germans from France
Cut off supplies
November 11, 1918: Armistice-cease-fire
Death Toll
U.S. 117,000 died-65,000 died of the flu
French 1.3 million
Germans 1.7 million
Russians 1.7 million
British 1 million
Austrians 1.2 million