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19:2 American Power Tips the Balance

19:2 American Power Tips the Balance. American Military Mobilization. Selective Service Act Women African Americans. 369 th Infantry Regiment. Segregated division French Croix de Guerre. Building the “Bridge to France”. Ship builders deferment PR campaign Fabrication

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19:2 American Power Tips the Balance

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  1. 19:2 American Power Tips the Balance

  2. American Military Mobilization • Selective Service Act • Women • African Americans

  3. 369th Infantry Regiment • Segregated division • French • Croix de Guerre

  4. Building the “Bridge to France” • Ship builders deferment • PR campaign • Fabrication • Nationalizing ships

  5. Battle of the Atlantic • U-Boats • Convoy system • Mining North Sea • Highly effective

  6. Ferdinand Foch • Supreme Allied Commander

  7. John J. Pershing • American Expeditionary Force • Doughboys • Independent fighting force

  8. Turning Point • Russia signs armistice • 1918 AEF stops German offensive on Paris • 2nd Battle of the Marne-last German offensive

  9. 3rd Infantry DivisionRock of the Marne • During World War I, as a member of the American Expeditionary Force to Europe the Division earned its name as the "Rock of the Marne," when surrounding units retreated, the 3rd Infantry Division remained. Although the stand was quite successful, the unit suffered many casualties.

  10. Alvin York • Conscientious objector • “greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all the armies of Europe” ~Ferdinand Foch

  11. Weapons • Big Bertha/German Cannons • Zeppelins • Machine Guns • Poison Gas

  12. Mechanized Warfare • Tanks • Airplanes • Recon • Dogfighting • Interrupter machine guns

  13. Medical Care • RATS • Dysentery • Fatigue • Shellshock • Trench foot

  14. Red Cross • Clara Barton-brought care to front lines • On the home front

  15. Collapse of Germany • Mutiny • Kaiser Wilhelm II ousted • Weimar Republic established

  16. Armistice Day • 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month • Eddie Rickenbacker • Ace • Account of armistice

  17. Eddie Rickenbacker • Ace pilot • Account of Armistice

  18. War Stats • 1914-1918 • 30 nations • Human Costs • Casualties: 22 million deaths/1/2 were civilians • Refugees: 10 million • Economic costs: $338 billion

  19. Last American WWI Veteran • Frank Woodruff Buckles • 2/1/09=108 yrs old • 6 left

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