Smithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Stubby"

World War I

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:35:28 GMT

Americans reluctantly entered Europe's "Great War" and tipped the balance to Allied victory. The United States emerged from the war a significant, but reluctant, world power. Students will learn about American involvement in World War I and how American industrial and military might broke the stalemate that had existed for three bloody years on Europe's Western Front in this section of the online exhibition, The Price of Freedom: Americans at War. A non-flash version of this site is available: World War I.

West Point Graduates in the Great War

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:29:15 GMT

Although the United States remained neutral for most of the First World War, American involvement eventually proved decisive in ending the conflict. This website focuses on the involvement of West Point graduates in the United States war effort during the Great War. Through the use of brief biographies and objects from the museum's collections, students will learn how these men helped to mobilize the country for war and supply and lead the army in the field. America in the Great War is part of the online exhibition, West Point in the Making of America.

Building Ships for Victory, 1917-1945

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:50:43 GMT

Students will learn how the United States mass produced huge merchant fleets to support the soldiers fighting overseas in this section of On the Water: Stories from Maritime America, an online exhibition. Students will understand that merchant seamen and ships played a vital role in winning both world wars of the 20th century, and learn about the men and women who built the ships and risked their lives sailing them while playing a vital and unheralded role in the American war effort.