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Lusitania sinks
A British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland in 1915. Germany, then at war with Britain but not with the United States see World War I, had warned Americans against traveling on the ship. More than a hundred Americans died in the sinking. -
U.S enters war
On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. -
Selective Service Act
To that end, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which Wilson signed into law on May 18, 1917. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
Duties
He was helping in the kitchen on Monday. On Wednesday they were working but luckily they did not hurt themselves while they were working at the house. they have been expecting their pay for three weeks but they are really hoping they get paid tomorrow so they can eat and get supplies for their families. -
Departure
Leaving our home at the fairgrounds so we can assist our comrades on the battlefield and provide them with support and bring more arms on the battlefield because the U.S does not really have a lot of soldiers to take part in the war so thats why they need as many people as they can. -
Moving
We moved the camp and now are a mile from the fairgrounds it took them a week to get their camp in order, first they cut the grass, dig trenches etc, he said it is hard to clean here because there are no places to wash your clothes wash your body or just really get clean anywhere. -
Searching
We have been traveling overseas for 2 weeks they were on the lookout for enemy submarines to make sure they do not launch a sneak attack on us but we have not seen an enemy for the entire 2 weeks. -
Morning inspection
Barracks inspections provide leaders the ability to monitor the health and welfare of their Soldiers. Many Soldiers feel this inspection is unfair as they are subject to more inspections than the To some purpose this is understandable but Soldiers must also understand that unit leadership is directly responsible for helping to maintain the barracks and therefore must check the barrack to ensure proper requirements is being conducted and that Soldiers are taking care of the barracks. -
Peace
The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The terms of the treaty give Germany huge tracts of land that had been the Ukraine and Poland, and peace on the Eastern Front allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans. -
Battle of Cantingy
The Battle of Cantigny is the first major American offensive of the war. Though small in scale, the Americans fight bravely and soon go on to larger attacks against German positions and were assured victory until they started suffering casualties. -
Battle of Belleau Woods
The Battle of Belleau Wood was part of the Allied war away from Paris in what was a response to the German Spring Offensive in 1918. During the Spring Offensive, the Germans had come dangerously close to breaking the Allied lines protecting Paris. -
Battle of Belleau Woods Ends
The Battle of Belleau Wood ends with the final explosion of the Germans from the wood, which marks the farthest German advance on Paris. The area has changed hands six times during the three-week battle, which had caused nearly 10,000 American casualties. -
Saint Mihhel
Battle of Saint-Mihiel, 9-12 1918, Allied victory and the first U.S. led offensive in World War I. The Allied attack against the Saint-Mihiel salient provided the Americans with an opportunity to use their forces on the Western Front. -
Lost hope
Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates, ending all German hope for a victory. He and his retinue quietly slip over the border into the Netherlands where he lives out the remainder of his life in relative peace and writes a self-promoting memoir defending his actions in the war. -
Armistice day
Armistice Day is celebrated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany defeated at 5:45 am, for the hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11:00am in the morning the 11th hour of the eleventh day on the eleventh month.
