” he was correct. When he said it would “probably carry us into war,” he was mistaken. But in the end itwasthe naval issue that eventually became the pretext for America’s entry into war.
Up until now not much attention had been paid us but now things began to happen. We had passed unnoticed all through France, the French being inured to War and its terrible results but here the whole town had turned out to meet us with flags and flowers, the Mayor, the Conductor de Po...
In 1917 he approved the unrestricted submarine warfare against the British that led to the entry of the United States into the war against Germany but not to England’s collapse. After the tsar had been deposed in March 1917, Ludendorff gave his blessing to the return of the Russian ...
I tried to get the sentence mitigated, & so did the Commandant of the troops guarding us, for it was evident that Hanson was overwrought by the fatigues of the previous days. The matter was referred to the highest authority; at that time, General von der Goltz was Military Governor of ...
If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. James H. MarshRichard Foot An earlier version of this entry was published byThe Canadian Encyclopedia. World War I 1914–1918 Ask the Chatbot a Question ...