Can Form 8865 Treaty 2023-2024

Hi, I'm John Green. This is Crash Course US history and today we're finally going to make military history buffs happy. That's right, today we're going to talk about how the United States, with its superior technology, innovative tactics, and remarkable generalship, turned the tide of World War One. There's a great mystery finally. I've been waiting for months to learn about tanks and airplanes and Ernest Hemingway. Well, that's a shame, me from the past, because I was kidding about this being an episode full of military details. But I do promise that we will mention Ernest Hemingway, and in a few weeks, I will tell you about how he liberated the martinis of Paris. Americans were only involved in the Great War for 19 months, and compared with the other belligerents, we didn't do much fighting. Still, the war had profound effects on America at home, on its place in the world, and it also resulted in an amazing number of war memorials right here in Indianapolis. So, the Great War, which lasted from 1914 until 1918 and featured a lot of men with hats and rifles, cost the lives of an estimated 10 million soldiers. Also, the whole thing was kind of horrible and pointless, unless you love art and literature about how horrible and pointless World War One was, in which case, it was a real bonanza. So, when the war broke out, America remained neutral because we were a little bit isolationist, owing to the fact that we were led, of course, by President Wilson. But many Americans sided with the British because by 1914, we'd pretty much forgotten about all the bad parts of British rule, I call that tea and monarchy. Plus, they're so easy to talk to with their English. But there...