HIEU 242 Lecture 15: HIEU 242 Lecture 15
19 Mar 2018
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American neutrality: us loans money to england and france during the war, american civilians divided, lusitania and zimmerman note. Zimmerman telegraph- german consul tells mexico if they go to war with the us, Germany will back them up and get them their territory back (this note was intercepted) Unrestricted submarine warfare by germany: existential threat to the us. Sinking of the lusitania (1915: explodes rather than sinks. United states declares war: april 1917: troops arrive a year later. Russia sues for peace: 1917: tsar collapses: 1917- russian revolution > russia pulls out of wwi. Also running out of troops- calls for 250,000 18 year olds per month to keep the war going- germany physically doesn"t have that many guys for even one month. Nov 11, 1918- eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. !1: ghting up until the nal moment- crescendo of military re, german kaiser has ed at this point, leaving germany with no government.
