The role played by the US in the First World War
Introduction
The role played by the US in the First World War was very crucial. In a broader spectrum, the end of the First World war can be attributed to the entry of the US into the fight. As such, the entrance of the country to the war was inevitable and necessary; it cannot be considered a consequence of the unforeseen factors. With Germany’s violation of its key pledges to suspend unrestricted submarines, welfare in the northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and its subsequent attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the US was reason enough for the US to enter the war (Jankowski, 2017). Most Americans were not in favor of the US entering the war, and as they wanted the US to remains neutral to the issues of the war. However, this particular event forced the country to join its allies, such as Britain, France, and Russia, in fighting the opponents.
It is considered that the aspect of the US joining the war in 1917 years after the war had begun was aimed at saving much more lives from being lost. With more than 2 million soldiers from the US fighting on the battlefield in France, most American soldiers were killed. Still, the American involvement can be considered as the ultimate lifesaver for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who were being murdered in the different battlefields in the different parts of the involved nations (Kennedy, 2014). Different countries, however, argued that the involvement of the war was due to the consequence of unforeseen factors and forces; the American soldiers played a vital role in saving the lives of most people during the war (Jankowski, 2017).
References
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