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WORLD WAR I "The Great War" 1914 - 1918 What was intended as a brief, strictly limited war between Austria-Hungry and Serbia escalated into something that even the most warlike ministers in Berlin and Vienna became alarmed. The United States entered the war in 1917. Woodrow Wilson was president. The 26th Yankee Division of New England National Guard trained at Camp Green, Charlotte North Carolina.  Badge worn by Yankee Division
 Major participants in this war were: Austria-Hungry, Japan, Italy, Russia, Germany, France, United States Britain and its possessions--Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, & Union of South Africa  The Artists of the United States created a large number of posters during this war to help with recruiting men for the armed forces, and to help with the conservation effort and Liberty & Victory Loan appeal.
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