In World War I, the United
States initially adopted a policy of non-intervention, which is to avoid
conflict but to try to create peace.
American involvement occurs
when a German U-boat sank the British cruise RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915 that
also killed 128 U.S. citizens. At
that time, President Woodrow Wilson insisted that "the United States is
too proud to fight", but demanded the end of the attacks on passenger
ships. German obedient. Wilson unsuccessfully
tried to mediate a settlement. However,
he also repeatedly warned that the U.S. will not tolerate war submarine
indefinitely for violating international law.
In January 1917, the German
submarine war continued and began to realize the United States will participate
in the war. German
Foreign Minister Zimmerman sent a telegram to Mexico and invited to join as an
ally of Germany against the United States. In
return, Germany would fund the Mexican war and help them get back territory
annexed Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The cable was leaked and Wilson
released the Zimmerman telegram to the public. U.S.
citizens view it as a casus belli-war cause. Wilson
asked antiwar elements to end while his campaign. He
argues that war is so important that the U.S. should have a voice in the peace
conference.
President Wilson before
Congress, announcing the termination of official relations with Germany on
February 3, 1917. Announcement
of the war occurred when Germany sank seven U.S. merchant ships. by
submarines and the publication of Zimmerman telegram, Wilson declared war on
Germany.
The United States was never
formally a member of the Allies, but a "Power Related '. U.S. has a small
army, but after the ratification of the Selective Service Act, the government
requires the military to 2.8 million men, and in the summer of 1918 the United
States sent 10,000 troops new
to France every day. In 1917, the U.S. Congress gave U.S. citizenship to the
citizens of Puerto Rico when they sign up to participate in World War I as part
of the Jones Act. Germans had one estimate, believe that it takes a few months
before U.S. troops came to help European
countries.
Sources :
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/internasional/global/13/05/02/mm5bw1-hari-ini-1917-amerika-serikat-menyatakan-perang-kepada-jerman
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