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African Americans to battle
They drafted 400,000 African Americans to go fight in WW1. But only 42,000 served overseas as combat troops. The white men sent them into battles that they didn't want to fight in because they didn't think they would win. But out of those battles came great victories. -
Trench Warfare
Most of WW1 was fought from trenches because of a military invention called the artillery gun. Which could shoot miles behind the enemy lines and kill hundreds of enemy troops. Trench warfare is the cause of trench foot. -
Trench foot
The cause of trech foot is they were sitting in these trenches for months and years. And the trenches were filled with water and mud. And with there feet sitting in it for all that time made there feet shrivel up and get all nasty. In some cases they would have to lose there foot or both there feet. -
The Doughboys
The doughboys are fresh soldiers that were egar to fight. They helped boost the confidence of the allies. But it scared the enemy forces because all the fressh soldiers ready to fight. -
U.S. declaring war
The Germans sank a ship with U.S. troops on it which is what caused the U.S. to go to war. The ships name is the Lusitania. The Lusitania has 1,200 passengers including 128 American troops. -
Winning at sea
We needed to get troops and supplies across the Atlantic. But German subs would not let us pass without sinking our ships. so we decided to use decoys and take our war ships and destroy the submarines. so we could cross the Atlantic. -
First War for Women
WW1 is the first offical war that women got to play a part in. They didn't get to do combat positions but they got to serve in the war. They did more of the desk jobs of the War. -
letters to loved ones
Soldiers would send home letters decribbing the things they've seen and how they're doing. And letting them know that they are doing good and that they can't wait to come home. That's everything my soldier Eugene A. Curtin said in his letters to the ones he loves. -
Letters to Agnes
In the war many soldiers right letters to there loved ones. This letter is from my soldier to one of his family members saying he's sorry for not telling her where he was gonna be sent to because he didnt want to worry her. And he tells her that she doesn't have to worry because he will be fine. -
Letters to Frank
Soldiers didn't always have alot of time to write to there family's. And thats one of the things my soldier talked about when he wrote to Frank. He apologizes for not writting to him in a while because he's been so busy at the hospital. He also talks about how many patients he has to take care of everyday. He said he takes care of about a 150 patients. -
No sense in writting
My soldier didn't think there was much sense in writting to them. Because he didn't think his letters were getting through. Because he hasn't heard from them in a while. And that it's kind of making him depressed from not talking to them. -
Russia leaves the War
Russia left the war because they were having problems with there own people, because they were riotiing. And they were gonna have to surrender soon if they kept on fighting. They were also losing land and so they decided to leave the war from further lose. -
Biggest Battle in American History
The battle of "Argonne Forest" was the biggest battle in American history. It involved over 600,000 troops, 40,000 tons of supplies, and 4,000 artillery pieces. The battle was ordered by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch. It started on september 26th, 1918.
