Winning the War Over There

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Winning the War Over There

• I. Problem German Submarines
• 1. Sink 25 Ships to England
• a. Britain starving for supplies
• 2. French suffering heavy losses
• 3. Russians pulled out of war
• a. Revolution at home

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II. Solution(s) to German U-Boats

• 1. Convoys
• 2. Sub Chasers
• 3. Ocean Minefields

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III. Raising an Army

• 1. Selective Service Act
• a. Non-married men drafted
• -4 million men in 1.5 years
• 2. Women and WWI
• a. Nurses Corps
• 3. New Technology
• a. Use of Airplanes
• b. Mass-destruction

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IV. Turning the Tide

• 1. Germans advanced toward Paris
• a. French men / supplies exhausted
• b. American Support (just in time)
• -Dough Boys (Americans)
• -stopped German advance

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C. June of 1918-Chateau Thierry

• -Forced Germans out of France
• -Major Allied Offensive (C-T)
• -Major Success
• -Germans lost faith in war
• -November 1918 German Revolution
• -Kaiser Wilhelm II Overthrown
• -Armistice to end WWI