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***This entry was also made at the Memphis ecourse site***



War Propaganda was one of most widely used tactic to entice young men to come to the aid of their country. Slogans used in the United Stated such as that ?Our country will always be proudest of those who answered the FIRST CALL? (Leslie-Judge Co.1917) was one of many that encourage those who could to sign up to fight. The enticement was the reason that many young men joined their country in the fight but did not have any idea of what to expect. This same young men that spoke on the PBS series ?Killing Fields? would not give you the same grandeur of the War or the cause.

The conditions that these men were expected to live and fight in were deplorable at best which had to take away from the courageous optimistic feelings that they entered the war.

The United Stated did come to the rescue in a since as this war could have gone much longer with millions of more lives lost. We entered the war with fresh, healthy bodies of young men who had not yet lost their vigor to fight. This vigor would bring fight back to those who were in despair over the promise of a short war. In addition, our force commanders kept the troops together. By the time United Stated entered the War, the non accomplishing war tactics of sending in troops knowing one can not win, had all but ended.

Germany may have fought to end but the troops were discouraged and beaten. If Germany had stuck to their original plan, the war may have ended in very different manner with Germany and allies victorious. Furthermore, they did not expect the United States to act as quickly nor did they expect as many men to be sent to fight. With nowhere to go and now out gunned the spread-thinned German army and allies had been beaten with great empires l