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Begging of war
World War I begin of Germany invades Belgium -
Germans first
The Germans fire shells filled with chlorine gas at Allied lines. This is the first time that large amounts of gas are used in battle, and the result is the near-collapse of the French lines. However, the Germans are unable to take advantage of the breach. -
tension was mounting in the United States.
The feeling became pretty general that we should get into this war. And it became an all-out war, not so much in connection with the little intrigues in Europe, but became the idea that this was an attack on the freedom of mankind, and then if we did not get in the war and have our --do our part in this war, that we would lose many of our freedoms. -
America had so far mobilized itself and so completely sent supplies and necessary armor to France, that an American sector was established.
America had so far mobilized itself and so completely sent supplies and necessary armor to France, that an American sector was established. The first sector was from Chateau-Thierry down through the Ardennes Forest, Verdun, Montlucon, and central section.
