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Map of WW1
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US Facts about WW1 for kids: Neutral until April 6, 1917
At the outbreak of WW1
President Wilson adopted a neutral position in
an effort to keep the United States of America from being drawn into
the
war in Europe. For additional information refer to the
Causes and Outbreak of
World War 1 and facts about the
American Entry into WW1.
US Facts about WW1 for kids: 1914 WW1 Map of Europe
The 1914 Map of Europe shows the divisions in Europe,
at the outbreak of the war on July 28, 1914, showing the
countries who fought together as the Allies or as the
Central powers and those countries that remained
neutral.
US Facts about WW1 for kids: The Allies and the Central Powers
The Allies consisted of the French
Republic, the British Empire (including Canada,
Australia and New Zealand) and the Russian Empire, also
known as the Triple Entente. Italy ended its alliance
with the Central Powers and entered the war on the side
of the Allies in 1915. The Allies, consisting of the
Triple Entente, were also joined in 1915 by countries of
Japan, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, and Romania.
The date of the US entry into the war was April 6, 1917.
The Central Powers consisted of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria and was
also known as the Quadruple Alliance. The name "Central
Powers" was derived from the location of the countries.
US Facts about World War 1:
Causes of American Entry into WW1 for kids
Causes US entry into WW1: America joined the Allies in
World War 1 due to the following causes:
● The immediate cause was that Germany
violated American neutrality by attacking international shipping
with its unrestricted U-Boat submarine warfare campaign
● Other causes included:
● ● The
Sinking of the Lusitania
passenger liner
● ● The
Black Tom Explosion - a 1916 act of sabotage in America
● ● The sinking of 6 American merchant
ships (including the Housatonic) by German U-boats
● ● The interception of the
Zimmermann Telegram that promised the Mexican Government that Germany
would help Mexico recover the territory it had ceded to the
USA following the Mexican-American War
US Facts about
World War 1 for kids:
Troops and Types of Warfare
The following fact
sheet on US Facts about WW1 includes information
about the troops and the types of warfare used in the
Great War.
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Warfare
US Facts about WW1 - 1:
On May 24, 1917 the first U.S. convoy
departed from the US to protect shipping to Europe
US Facts about WW1 -
2: On July 3, 1917 the first wave of the
American Expeditionary Force landed in France commanded
by General John "Black Jack" Pershing
US Facts about WW1 - 3:
The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was the
name of the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in WW1.
US Facts about WW1 - 4:
Mobilization of troops: American soldiers were
transported to Europe from New York, New Jersey and Virginia
US Facts about WW1 - 5:
General Pershing insisted that American soldiers
should be well-trained before going into battle, so the majority of
US troops did not arrive in Europe until the end of 1917 and started
fighting in 1918.
US Facts about WW1 - 6:
Nicknames: The nicknames for the
American soldiers were 'doughboys', British troops were
called 'Tommies' and Germans were called 'Fritz'
US Facts about WW1 - 7:
The Western Front was the name the
Germans gave to a series of trenches that ran 700
kilometres (435 miles) from the Belgian coast to the
Swiss border
US Facts about WW1 - 8:
Trench Warfare: On the Western Front,
troops dug a network of trenches that stretched hundreds
of miles along the battle lines. The battle lines were
subject to massive artillery barrages and then
soldiers would clamber out of their trenches, charge
across 'no man’s land', and hurl
grenades into the trenches of the enemy.
US Facts about WW1 -
9: Trench Warfare: The trench network of
WW1 stretched approximately 25,000 miles (40,200 km)
from the English Channel to Switzerland. The Trenches
were infested with millions of rats, frogs and lice
US Facts about WW1 -
10: Trench Warfare and Illness: Soldiers suffered
from the mental illness known as
“shell shock,” or posttraumatic stress disorder, due to
the horrors of trench warfare. Shell shock was caused by
the effect of constant noise of explosions and guns,
along with the smell and danger of the trenches. Trench
fever was a horrible and painful disease caused by body
lice during WW1. Trench foot was even more terrifying.
Trench foot was caused by standing in the water and mud
of the trenches for a long time and losing blood
circulation which could lead to amputation. In some
cases, soldiers socks started to grow on to their feet.
US Facts about WW1 -
11: Biological / Chemical Warfare: The
strategy of trench warfare failed to bring fast results
so both sides started to use new technology in the form
of poison gas.
Chemicals used
included tear gas that caused tears, pain, vomiting, and
even blindness and mustard gas that caused large
blisters on the exposed skin and in the lungs.
The photograph
shows troops in the trenches wearing obligatory gas
masks in case of attack in which poison gas was used.
US Facts about WW1 - 10:
Tank Warfare: Technology developed
further and the new strategy of tank warfare was adopted
US Facts about WW1 - 11:
Aerial Warfare: The First World War saw the birth
of military airpower when airplanes were used in combat. Initially
the military uses of airplanes were focused on reconnaissance to
gain a bird’s eye view of the battle field. Then, as technology
advanced further, the airplanes were equipped with bombs.
US Facts about WW1 - 12:
Dogfights: As technology advanced further machine
guns were attached to aircraft enabling WW1 pilots to engage in
deadly close range air battles known as dogfights. Smaller, lighter
machine guns were also added to aircraft. The German Fighter Ace
nicknamed the 'Red Baron' (Manfred von Richthofen) was credited with
shooting down 80 Allied aircraft until he was shot down and killed
by the British on April 21, 1918.
Facts
about US Facts about WW1 for kids - The Troops and Types of
Warfare
Facts
about US Facts about World War 1 for kids: Battles and
types of Warfare
The following fact
sheet on US Facts about WW1 also includes the types of
warfare used in the Great War.
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about US Facts about WW1 for kids - The Troops and Types of
Warfare
US Facts about WW1 - 13:
The American Expeditionary Force was engaged in
13 campaigns, during the period 1917–1918. The AEF fought with the
French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at
Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood) in June 1918, and fought its major
actions in the Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives in late
1918.
US Facts about WW1 - 14:
World War One weapons: A variety of
weapons were used in WW1 including weapons such as
Rifle, Bayonets, Swords, Knives, Handguns, Machine Guns,
Submachine Guns, Grenades, Field Guns, Zeppelin airships
(which carried machine guns and bombs), Flamethrowers,
Mortars, Tanks, Airplanes and Torpedoes from Submarines.
US Facts about WW1 - 15:
The invention of plastic surgery and
early techniques of facial reconstruction were pioneered
during the Great War as a result of the terrible
injuries inflicted on the troops.
US Facts about WW1 - 16:
During World War One the Spanish flu
caused about 1/3 of total military deaths
US Facts about WW1 - 17:
The total cost of World War One for
the U.S. was more than $30 billion
US Facts about WW1 - 18:
The World War One led to collapse of
4 empires: the Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire,
German Empire and the Russian Empire.
US Facts about WW1 - 19:
During WW1 274 German U-boats
(submarines) sank 6,596 ships. The first military
submarine, called the Turtle, was first used during the
American Revolutionary War.
US Facts about WW1 -
20: The Tank warfare played a major role
in the war and were initially called "landships".
However they became known as 'tanks' after the British
attempted to disguise them as water storage tanks rather
than as weapons.
US Facts about WW1 -
21: Some Americans joined the French
Foreign Legion or the British or Canadian army before
the US declared war on Germany. American Volunteer
Pilots in WWI joined the Lafayette Escadrille as the
Escadrille Americaine. In 20 months the 38 American
Volunteer pilots shot down 57 German planes
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22: American women who served as
telephone operators for General Pershing’s forces in
Europe were nicknamed the "Hello Girls".
US Facts about WW1 -
23: 400,000 African Americans were
drafted during the war, and over 40,000 African
Americans served overseas as combat troops.
US Facts about WW1 -
24: Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887
– September 2, 1964), aka Sergeant York, was one of the
most decorated American soldiers in World War One and
hailed as the greatest American hero of World War I.
Sergeant York led an attack on a German machine gun nest
during which 28 German soldiers were killed, capturing
132 German soldiers and taking 32 machine guns
US Facts about WW1 -
25: Capt. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
(October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American
fighter ace in World War I. Eddie received the Medal of
Honor with 26 confirmed aerial victories
US Facts about WW1 -
26: Dogs were used in World War I as
messengers, carrying orders to the front lines in a
capsule attached to their body
US Facts about WW1 -
27: The Leaders of World War 1 were
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, Prince Alexander of
Serbia, Sir Edward Grey British Foreign Secretary,
President Wilson U.S. President, H. H. Asquith and David
Lloyd George.
US Facts about WW1 -
28: The U.S. was in WW1 in actual combat
for only 7½ months during which time 116,000 Americans
were killed and 204,000 were wounded.
US Facts about WW1 -
29: The famous American battles of WW1
were the Battle of Cantigny (May 28, 1918),
Chateau-Thierry (June 3, 1918), Battle of Belleau Wood
(June 6, 1918 - June 26, 1918) and the Battle of St.
Mihiel (September 12, 1918).
US Facts about WW1 -
30: World War 1 ended when an armistice,
or temporary cessation of hostilities went into effect
on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month on November 11, 1918.
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American entry and US role World War 1
On April 6, 1917 the United States
Senate declared war on Germany
and fought with the allies in WW1. For additional
facts and information refer to the following links: .
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