In the middle of 1914, The countries of Europe erupted into a raging and bloody war. The allied powers, France, Great Britain, and Russia faced the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary, Germany and the Ottoman Empire in a vicious and merciless battle. Although America did not join the war until two and a half years after the initial start date, They were able to help fuel the cause for the Allied Powers, sending them supplies and food to help aid the war effort. It was in 1917 that The United States of America decided to join the Allied Powers in the fight, bringing in their fresh troops of the American Expeditionary Force and taking Europe by storm.
Americans had managed to stay out of the war for over two years and had the blessing of being able to watch the horrors unfold in their newspapers, rather than seeing it first …show more content…
After Russia had left the war to deal with their own issues that dealt with the Bolsheviks, Germany found themselves only having to fight a one front war. The Allied Powers needed America’s help and America was now ready to provide it. Once we entered the war, President Wilson shifted his idea from neutrality to fighting for the peace of the world, stating that “The world must be safe for democracy.” (Document 3). It showed the citizens of our country and the citizens of others that America wasn’t in the war to aid Europe in their internal affairs but to promote the idea of democracy throughout the world. When the war began nothing could be wasted, food, rubber, metal, everything needed to go toward the war effort if the Allied powers were to win. Americans understood this and got to work immediately, growing their own food and participating in days of the week where they left out a certain food group in their dinner
Americans had managed to stay out of the war for over two years and had the blessing of being able to watch the horrors unfold in their newspapers, rather than seeing it first …show more content…
After Russia had left the war to deal with their own issues that dealt with the Bolsheviks, Germany found themselves only having to fight a one front war. The Allied Powers needed America’s help and America was now ready to provide it. Once we entered the war, President Wilson shifted his idea from neutrality to fighting for the peace of the world, stating that “The world must be safe for democracy.” (Document 3). It showed the citizens of our country and the citizens of others that America wasn’t in the war to aid Europe in their internal affairs but to promote the idea of democracy throughout the world. When the war began nothing could be wasted, food, rubber, metal, everything needed to go toward the war effort if the Allied powers were to win. Americans understood this and got to work immediately, growing their own food and participating in days of the week where they left out a certain food group in their dinner