There were many reasons the United States of America decided to declare war upon Germany in 1917. Firstly, although America formally joined the allies at that time, they were involved on a financial level in terms of loaning money. In addition to this, Germany was sinking America’s boats in the Atlantic Ocean, of which the most famous case was the torpedoed Lusitania. This spread anti-German feeling across America. Although they cut back for a year, the Germans began to get desperate for quick victory. They began unrestricted submarine warfare which entailed that they sink any ship of any nationality sailing on British waters. During this
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