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Hello. My name is Jerry, but you can call me Big, 

that's what my friends call me. I guess you'd like me 

to tell you my part in World War One. Unfortunately, I 

did NOT want to be a part of it, but I was drafted 

(meaning I was FORCED to go by the government), 

and had to go anyways.

Before I joined the war, many things happened. For 

one, because of the Industrial Revolution, the power of 

the United States grew. We gained a LOT more power in 

the world due to the things we sold. We even 

imperialised (took over) some new areas. For example, 

we got Puerto Rico, Alaska, the Philippines, and many 

more. it was good for the United States, but not the 

places we took over. After we "conquered" these areas, 

our president declared we would be done with 

imperialism.

Our president also took part in China's "Open Door 

Policy", which stated anyone in the world could have 

industries in China. This effected mainly the United 

States, Great Britain, and China, as they were world 

powers (and China was the one allowing others to come 

in).

After the great War started, the Red Cross started 

sending people over to take care of the injured. 

So on I went. Boot camp did not exist back then. We 

were briefly filled in on what to do and where to go, and 

sent off. In other words- VERY untrained. So I went on 

my MERRY old way to the war zone. I would miss my 

girlfriend badly the whole time.

Anyways, WW1 ACTUALLY started because Archduke 

Franz Ferdinand was killed at Sarajevo on June 28th, 

1914, although feelings between several nations back 

then were not that great (due to militarism, nationalism, 

and imperialism). America and Britain at first did not 

want to join the war. Britain joined because Germany 

marched through Belgium, who was great friends with 

Britain. America joined because   tensions were high 

when the Germans sunk one of their ships (although 

they had weapons on board), and, after the more ships  

were sunk, the United States got fed up and declared 

war on Germany.

America's involvement, my, involvement, was really to 

have troops in the air and on the ground fighting the 

Germans and Austria-Hungarians. They allied with 

Britain, Russia, and France. 

However, back home, daily life worsened. Luxuries were 

typically taken away, food, mink, water, and almost 

everything else was not plentiful at ALL due to the fact 

we were also feeding the rest of our allies as well, 

because their crops were being wrecked. Our economy 

boosted because of this, though, which I guess is a plus. 

People had to start getting a limited amount of 

everything, even mild, bread, meat, etc... And civil 

freedoms were restricted because if anyone spoke out 

against the government, they were A- severely punished 

or, B- killed.

Women slowly started to ask for more rights. They even 

started doing "men's" work! If men could vote, why 

couldn't they? So women started to take a stand. They 

wanted to be equal! So my girlfriend, along with many 

other women, fought hard to get rights. And in the end, 

succeeded. 

And so I fought in the war. I lost a comrade, Davie, to a 

German. I'll spare you the details of exactly what 

happened.

Anyways, eventually Russia and Germany struck a deal. 

They would team up and try to defeat the other "good 

guys" of the war. 

Russia, soon after realized their mistake, apologized, and 

stopped helping Germany, who, after Austria-Hungary 

was defeated, after this, Germany's leader ordered his 

Navy to attack Britain. 

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