Ottoman Empire

1 conflicts · 1917–1918

$380B

Total US Spending

1

Conflicts

116,516

US Deaths

—

Troops Stationed

1

Authorized

0

Unauthorized

US Conflicts Involving This Country

⚔️ Conflicts

World War I

✅Victory (Allied)

1917–1918 · $380B · 116,516 US deaths

US entered the "war to end all wars" after German unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram. 2 million Americans deployed to Europe.

🗣️ What They Said

“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.”

— Major General Smedley Butler, USMC (two-time Medal of Honor recipient) (World War I)