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World War I: America's Impact and the End of the Conflict

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Learn how America's entry into WWI helped the struggling Allies, Russia's withdrawal from the war, and the pivotal Battle of Argonne Forest that led to the end of the conflict with the Armistice Agreement.

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  1. Ch. 23 Sec. 3 Mrs. Manley

  2. Supplying the Allies • America entering the war immediately helped the Allies who were struggling with high death counts, low war supplies, and little food. • America used convoys of naval ships to protect merchant ships carrying supplies to Britain and France. They found and destroyed German U-Boats.

  3. Russia Withdraws from War! • A revolution breaks out in Russia. The Bolsheviks (Communists) overthrow the democratic govt. • Vladimir Lenin- leader of the Bolsheviks wanted Russia out of the war so he could focus on est. a Communist state in Russia. • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed btw Germany and Russia. Russia gives Germany Poland, the Ukraine, and other territories. • Germany was able to move their troops from the Eastern front (Line of battle) to the Western front bordering France.

  4. There had been a stalemate on the Western front but now w/ the strong German Offensive of troops, it looks like Germany may win the war. • American troops arrive and turn the course of the war. • General John J. Pershing leads the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. • The AEF helped the Allies win battles of Chateau- Thierry, Belleau Wood, & Verdun.

  5. Battle of Argonne Forest • America sends 1 MILLION troops • Lasts 7 weeks. • Allies are able to push the Germans out of France and back into Germany! Germany was now faced with an Allied invasion of their country. • Germany soon realizes they can’t win. Troops retreating, shortage of food, and supplies. • They ask for an armistice- agreement to end fighting. (Oct. 1918)

  6. Agreement to end war • Germany must accept Wilson’s (US) plan for peace. • Germany cannot renew hostilities. • Germany must withdraw all troops from Belgium and France. • Wilson will only talk w/ civilians not military leaders • Wilhelm II- German kaiser(emperor) gives up his throne and agrees to Wilson’s terms. • Armistice begins November 11, 1918. (Armistice Day later becomes Veterans Day!)