The Yanks Are Coming!
The Great War . Maps & Battles . The Western Front in 1918
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The Doughboy
• Why were we called that?
• No one really knows
We weren’t there until
summer of 1917
• Brits and French wanted USA to reinforce their army
• John Pershing did not want to break up American units
• He also recommended frontal assaults
We are helping!
More psychological help
• Meuse-Argonne Offensive
• Biggest operation and victory of the AEF
• Sept-Nov,1918
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th
month of 1918
► Armistice
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was signed on Nov. 11, 1918
Private George Price
28th Battalion
The Canadians moved to the next and again found it occupied,(3) but
no Germans.(1) The occupant of the house told Price to be careful. The
account of his death in the Mons City Museum states: 'Despite this
advice, Price went out to attack the enemy with his Lewis machine gun,
but he was mortally wounded by a bullet in the region of the heart.(3)
Art Goodmurphy recalled that a single shot was heard as he and Price
stepped back into the street. Price half turned and slumped into
Goodmurphy's arms. Art quickly dragged George back into the house. A
neighbor, a young Belgian girl, saw Private Price fall. She risked her life
to cross the street to come to his aide. The occupants of the house and
the neighbor attended to Price, but to no avail. Private George
Lawrence Price died at 10:58 a.m., just two minutes before the cease
fire.(1)
Cuba
Why was it called a world war?
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Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Liberia
Montenegro
Nicaragua
Panama
San Marino
Siam (now Thailand)
Belgium China
Empire of Japan
Greece (from 1917)
Montenegro
Portugal (from 1916)
Andorra
Brazil
Costa Rica
► G r ea t
The Big Four
Britain-Lloyd George
 Imperialistic might
 Navy decreased
► France-
C l em en c ea u
 Alsace-Loraine
 Germany to pay
 Never be able to do this again!
► Italy-Orlando
 Land from Austria-Hungary
► 14
United States
Points
 First 5-general principles for a peace settlement
 Next 8-territorial settlements
 *14th- League of Nations