american wwi soldiers depended on foreign weapons

Blinded by German tear gas, British soldiers wait for treatment in Flanders, a region in northern France and Belgium, 1918. . . . . . ... German Navy U-boats had, in fact, devastated British merchant fleets so badly by 1917 that British defeat was imminent. . ..

was the great war necessary?

Central to his argument is the assertion that the causes to which other historians have ascribed the Anglo- German in the years leading up to the war, did not menace British. at least in the near term, won the naval race, as Sir Eyre Crowe put it, that the building of German fleet is and..

u.s. soldiers died for nothing in ww i

And then they began persecuting German Americans, even making sure that German language could no longer be taught in public schools and, more important, making sure that red-blooded, Americans referred to sauerkraut as freedom cabbage rather than as sauerkraut. ..

the morning of november 11, 1918

Erzberger was the leader of the Progressive branch of the German Center Party, the political party of German Catholics. Early in the war, Erzberger was as enthusiastic about 'fulfillment' of German dreams through war as most German politicians were. ..

woodrow wilson made democracy unsafe for the world

In his speech to Congress, Wilson declared, 'We have no quarrel with the German people' and feel 'sympathy and friendship' towards them. ... One Army recruiting poster portrayed German troops as an ape ravaging a half-naked damsel beneath an appeal to 'Destroy this mad brute.' . ..

macron warns rising risk of nationalism to world peace

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk to the ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War I Paris, France, Nov 11, 2018. ... Following Macron's, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made references to serious conflicts worldwide, saying..

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