American Power Tips the Balance

By kamakaze2395
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    American Power Tips the Balance

  • British learned to drive numbers of heavy tanks in war.

    British learned to drive numbers of heavy tanks in war.

  • Congress passes the Selective Service Act

    Congress passes the Selective Service Act

  • Ypres, 3rd battle

    Ypres, 3rd battle
    Allied victory costs over a half a million casualties.

  • Shipping losses are cut in half

  • Cantigny

    fill gaps between French and British lines during German offensive.

  • Chateau-Thierry

    US troops help stop the German advance on Paris.

  • United States launched 95 ships.

    United States launched 95 ships.

  • Marne, 2nd battle

    The turning point of the war.

  • St. Mihiel

    Pershing leads American army to victory.

  • Alvin York kills Germans.

    Alvin York kills Germans.
    York, only with a revolver and a rifle, kills 325 Germans.

  • Meuse-Argonne

    American advance helps end the war.

  • Austria-Hungary surrendered to the allies.

  • Socialist leaders establish a German republic

  • Germany agrees to cease fire and signs the armistice.

  • 24 million men register under the Selective Service Act.

    24 million men register under the Selective Service Act.