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 Following the end of the war, numerous countries signed treaties prohibiting the use of chemical weapons.[([[https://www.opcw.org/about-us/history|opcw]])]
+===== US Supplies To France=====
+During the war, the United States transported over 7.5 million tons of supplies to France to aid the Allied cause. There were 70,000 horses or mules, roughly 50,000 vehicles, 27,000 freight cars, and 1,800 locomotives among them.[([[http://www.militarydespatches.co.za/page5.html|militarydespatches]])]
+===== Maxim Machine Gun =====
+WWI saw the widespread usage of the machine gun, which Hiram Maxim invented in the United States in 1884. The water-cooled Maxim weighed roughly 100 pounds. It could shoot between 450 and 600 rounds per minute. The Maxim design was employed in the majority of machine guns used in WWI.[([[https://online.norwich.edu/academic-programs/resources/how-machine-gun-changed-combat-during-world-war-i|norwich]])]
+===== Dogfight =====
+During WWI, the phrase "dogfight" was created. The pilot had to cut off the plane's engine on occasion to prevent it from stalling when the plane twisted fast in the air. It sounded like dogs barking as a pilot ignited his engine in flight.[([[http://www.ww1mobilemuseum.com/wwi-facts.htmli|ww1mobilemuseum]])]
+===== Devil Gun =====
+The French used what German soldiers referred to as the Devil Gun. This 75 mm gun was accurate up to 5 miles. The French generals declared that the Devil Gun had won the war.[([[https://waverlyhs.weebly.com/us-history-blog-may-2017---may-2018/harry-truman-and-the-great-war|waverlyhs]])]
+===== Pro-War Speeches =====
+During the United States' engagement in WWI, more than 75,000 persons delivered around 7.5 million four-minute pro-war speeches in movie theaters and elsewhere to an estimated 314.5 million people.[([[https://www.sutori.com/en/story/american-world-history--etjgUwVE6kss4THNrn8VjoTk|sutori]])]
+===== Hello Girls =====
+American troops referred to them as "Hello Girls", and they were American women who worked as telephone operators for Pershing's army in Europe. The women spoke fluent French and English and had received special training from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.[([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/women-frontlines-wwi-came-operate-telephones-180962687/|smithsonianmag]])]
+===== Awards And Honors For Hello Girls =====
+The United States Army ultimately awarded military honors and veteran benefits to the few remaining Hello Girls in 1979.[([[https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2021/3/hello-girls-kept-world-war-i-communications-humming/|vfw]])]

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