Historical Examples. 1  It was also forbidden to open the window shutters of the facade. 2  In the facade of the building in front of them only one window was lighted. 3  Besides, the facade was exposed to the current in the street. 4  A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide. Essays, First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson She regarded the stately proportions of the facade with awe.
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. World War I Trenches in France. Germanyâs resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilsonâs decision to lead the United States into World War I.
World War 1 Allies. Some wars make strange bedfellows. Countries that had been traditional enemies; Russia and Japan, Germany and the Ottoman Empire, and even France and Great Britain were scrapping old enmities. Although long before victory against the Central Powers was assured, Britain and France were diplomatically at odds over the division of the spoils.