The First World War from the american side US army enlisting campaign, 1917 Slideshow realised by the History Students in European Section Lycée Europe - Cholet - 2018 Propaganda poster in Québec 1915
The First World War The First World War involved a lot of countries on every continent, but most particularly the European powers : the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austro- Hungarian Empire, Italy) faced the Triple Entente (the UK, France, Russia). This conflict caused a lot of changes in countries : history, territory, population, ressources... The whole world was affected because of the colonial empires, such as Canada, which belonged to the British Commonwealth. The most important front was in western Europe : it stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss border.
The canadian troops involved during the First World war The military history of Canada during World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914 1918) by declaring war on Germany. The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British dominion which left foreign policy decisions in the hands of the British Parliament. However, the Canadian government had the freedom to determine the country's level of involvement in the war. On August 4, 1914, the Government General declared a war between Canada and Germany. Source : National defence and canadian armed forces. The canadian troops reaching the battle field. Anna-Rosa, Clarisse et Jelica
Canadian Troops during the WW1 600,000 men and women participated in the war by enlisting as nurses, soldiers and chaplains. The Canadian troops baptism of fire occurred in 1915 in Northern France. Nursing sisters and patients outside a ward tent, No. 2 Canadian General Hospital, Le Tréport, France. Source : https://cdnhistorybits.wordpress.com/2015/06/02/canadian-ww1-nurses/ They were particularly involved in the Ypres, Somme, Vimy and Passchendaele battles, alongside the British troops. At the end of the conflict, nearly 150.000 canadian soldiers were wounded, and 66.700 were killed (including 2.000 civilians)
The situation in Europe in 1917 British soldiers in France https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/guerre-de-14-18/la-premiere-guerremondiale-en-19-dates-cles_448764.html The front line had hardly moved since the end of 1914, since the troops had dug miles of trenches on the western front. However, in 1917, after 3 years of war, the death toll was tragic : million of soldiers had already died, and even more of them came back, wounded. The European population was tired of this war. On the western front, French and British soldiers made mutinies ; but they failed and there was a lot of blood. The first mutinies occured on the 17 April 1917. The cause was that they didn t want to go up the line to be killed. Between September and December 1917, troops demonstrated and staged strikes to protest against their treatment. But the rebels were put in prison, or killed.
1917 : THE US REACH THE FRONT WHY? Even before World War I, Americans had a more negative opinion toward Germany than towards any other country in Europe. More and more, especially after reports of atrocities in Belgium in 1914 and following the sinking of the passenger liner RMS Lusitania in 1915, the American citizens increasingly came to see Germany as the aggressor in Europe. In 1917, Germany decided to restart a submarine warfare against any vessel approaching British waters. They knew that it would almost certainly bring the United States into the war. Germany also made a secret offer to help Mexico regain territories lost in the Mexican American War in an encoded telegram known as the Zimmermann Telegram, which was intercepted by British Intelligence. Publication of that communique outraged Americans. Kylian CASTANHEIRA Timéa GUYOT
WHEN? The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after more than two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States out of the war. HOW? Wilson asked Congress for "a war to end all wars" that would "make the world safe for democracy", and Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. On December 7, 1917, the U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary. U.S. troops began arriving on the Western Front in large numbers in 1918. SOURCES Kylian CASTANHEIRA Timéa GUYOT http://www.pandoravox.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/war_with_germany.jpg https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%89tats- Unis_dans_la_Premi%C3%A8re_Guerre_mondiale#/media/File:Air_Service_poster.jpg https://soutien.profexpress.com/etats-unis-guerre/ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%89tats-unis_dans_la_premi%c3%a8re_guerre_mondiale
http://blog.theveteranssite.com/passaquo ddy-soldiers/ They were an entire infantry, the 103rd one, that was composed with The Passamaquoddy Tribesmen. Those soldiers were all native from America. Moses Neptune were the son of the governor of this tribe. SCALA Adeline MAUDET Laurine Mainers in the Great War United States in general joined the 1st World War in 1917 and Maine, immediately acted for the war effort. In fact, about 32 000 Mainers served to the war effort which is a lot for a low density state of 1.336 millions inhabitants such as Google map Maine Fifteen companies began to recruit people from all the state to fight in Europe. On July 5, they assemble them at Camp Keyes in Augusta.
Home front in Maine Lots of nurses in Maine, were in charge of get back and take care of injured persons. They didn t only take care of injured persons from the Maine but also lots of persons from foreign countries or even foreign states. Louise Chevalier Yanis Billy Marielle Kassa 1ES1 Source: maine memory network Many women were invested in the 1st World War because they used to work in factories. Thanks to it, they could make some munitions for the war effort and also some shoes, blankets, coats...