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  • US Opposition to War April 1917

    US Opposition to War April 1917

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    US Opposition to War April 1917

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    Woodrow Wilson won re-election as US President in 1916 (albeit narrowly) with the slogan ‘He kept us out of the War’. Yet, less than five months later, he passionately advocated the declaration of war on Germany, proclaiming, ‘the world must be made safe for democracy…against selfish and autocratic power’, and... More
  • US Railroads 1870

    US Railroads 1870

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    US Railroads 1870

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    The rail network played an important role in the American Civil War, which pitted the southern Confederation against the northern Union states between 1861–65. The Union states of the north held an advantage in the form of a larger and more extensive railroad network, along with the accompanying telegraph communications... More
  • US Railroads 1880

    US Railroads 1880

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    US Railroads 1880

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    Following the Civil War the United States government had begun a widespread effort to reconstruct the southern states and bring them more in line economically and socially with the north. This included a major effort to financially invest in the existing railroad network and to provide grants for the construction... More
  • US Railroads 1945

    US Railroads 1945

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    US Railroads 1945

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    Severe shortcomings in the general organization and capacity of the rail industry were exposed upon America’s entry into World War I in 1917. The railroads’ lack of capability to assist the war effort through vital freight transport led the US government to assume control of the country’s railroads in a... More
  • US Soldiers by State 1917–18

    US Soldiers by State 1917–18

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    US Soldiers by State 1917–18

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    After the US declared war upon the Central Powers in April, 1917, President Wilson introduced compulsory conscription. This was after the first six weeks of voluntary enlistment produced only 73,000 recruits, rather than the anticipated million. The Selective Service Act introduced a ‘liability of military service of all male citizens’... More
  • US Supply Routes 1941–45

    US Supply Routes 1941–45

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    US Supply Routes 1941–45

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    Under the Lend-Lease policy of March 1941, the US agreed to supply its Allies with food, oil and weaponry until the end of the war. In return, the US leased army and naval bases in Allied territories. When the Lend-Lease policy was established, the US was neutral; in December 1941,... More
  • US Supply Routes 1941–45

    US Supply Routes 1941–45

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    US Supply Routes 1941–45

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    The United States Neutrality Act of 1939 required that military supplies were dispatched on a ‘cash and carry’ basis, but by 1941 Great Britain could no longer afford to pay. In March 1941 Roosevelt created Lend-Lease to enable the United States to send free supplies such as munitions, fuel and... More
  • Utah Beach 6–8 June 1944

    Utah Beach 6–8 June 1944

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    Utah Beach 6–8 June 1944

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    The positions gained by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions after their initial drop early on 6 June were important in enabling the forces from the beach landing to progress inland. Resistance at the beaches themselves was minimal, however the dense bocage terrain made navigation and location of enemy and... More
  • Utah Beach Initial landing to Midday 6 June 1944

    Utah Beach Initial landing to Midday 6 June 1944

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    Utah Beach Initial landing to Midday 6 June 1944

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    Utah was the furthest west of the D-Day landing beaches and was cut off from the rest by an area of marshy terrain. The area behind the beach had been purposefully flooded by the Germans to limit an Allied advance to a network of small lanes that passed between the... More
  • V Weapon Campaign 1944–45

    V Weapon Campaign 1944–45

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    V Weapon Campaign 1944–45

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    German V1 and V2 Rockets waged a bombing campaign against London and areas in eastern England with the objective of destroying civilian infrastructure and instilling fear in the British population, ultimately reducing productivity of industries. They were designed as ‘retribution weapons’ for Allied bombing on German cities. The first V1... More
  • V2 Ballistic Missile 1944–45

    V2 Ballistic Missile 1944–45

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    V2 Ballistic Missile 1944–45

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    Built by the Germans in World War II as a response to Allied bombings, the V2 is the world’s first long-range guided missile. First used against London in September 1944, V2s were 45ft 11in high (14 m), with a diameter of 5ft 5in (1.65 m) and weighed 28,000 lbs (12,500... More
  • Valverde 12 February 1862

    Valverde 12 February 1862

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    Valverde 12 February 1862

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    The New Mexicans voted to join the Confederacy in March 1861, and a Texas battalion arrived and repulsed Union forces, proclaiming the Confederate Territory of Arizona. The Confederate General Henry Sibley conceived an ambitious offensive via New Mexico to secure the valuable gold and silver reserves of California/Nevada. Sibley’s forces... More