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Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

Snoopy vs. The Red Baron. Eddie rickenbacker. The red baron. Eddie Rickenbacker = race car driver turned pilot Called the “American ace of aces” because he engaged in more than 130 air battles and downed 26 enemy planes.

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Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

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  1. Snoopy vs.The Red Baron Eddie rickenbacker The red baron • Eddie Rickenbacker = race car driver turned pilot • Called the “American ace of aces” because he engaged in more than 130 air battles and downed 26 enemy planes • Manfred von Richthofen (the “Red Baron”) = leader of the Flying Circus (German air squadron)

  2. Since we were neutral… How did we respond? Only 200,000 men in the military Few officers with combat experience U.S. air corps only had 55 small planes and 130 pilots

  3. Mobilization mobilization = building up military resources and manpower to prepare for war

  4. Selective Service Act Passed in May, 1917 conscription = draft Required men to register with the government By the end of 1918, 24 million men Three million chosen to serve by lottery Two million of those went “Over There” ¾ of the two million saw combat

  5. “You’re in the army now” Army was mostly men between 21 and 23 Training lasted for nine months, partly in the U.S., partly in Europe 17-hour days on target practice, bayonet drill (often with imaginary weapons) kitchen duty, cleaning up the grounds After nine months, moved into combat

  6. “Doughboys” At first, Americans served as replacements for Allied casualties They were unexperienced Nicknamed “doughboys” because they wore white belts, which they cleaned with clay (“dough”)

  7. “Conscientious objector” A person who opposes war on moral grounds “Thou shalt not kill.”

  8. Women Women were not drafted and were not allowed to enlist. Accepted for non-combat positions 13,000 served in the navy and marines as nurses, secretaries and telephone operators Army let women into Army Corps of Nurses, but were not given army rank, pay or benefits

  9. African-Americans Proportion of African-American in service was double their proportion of the general population Served in segregated units Not allowed in the navy or Marines Separate living quarters and recreational facilities For the first time, Army trained some black officers Most were assigned to non-combat duties (the all-black 369th Infantry Regiment saw more duty on the front lines than any other American regiment

  10. How to avoid the German U- Boats The convoy system Merchant ships traveled in large groups with a group of destroyers as guards By midsummer, 1917, shipping losses were cut in half

  11. mechanized warfare “Big Bertha” zeppelin machine gun chlorine gas tank airplane

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