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Why Did the US Enter WW1?

The Great War

Season 12Episode 7Aired 2025-07-11
Why Did the US Enter WW1?

Why Did the US Enter WW1?

In early 1917, the United States was still neutral in the First World War. Meanwhile, German leaders were getting desperate – if they couldn’t find a way to break the war of attrition on the Western Front, the Allies would probably defeat them. The result was multiple gambles that staked everything on a quick victory with the risk of drawing the US into the war.