Translations:CP 03011/17/en
- ↑ The official entry into the war by the United States on the sides of France, Great Britain and Russia, dates from the vote in Congress of 6 April 1917. But despite an official policy of strict neutrality, American manufacturers furnished munitions from 1914 to the warring parties and, after the Lusitania was torpedoed on 7 May 1915 by a German submarine, moved in favour of engagement against Germany. See for example, in October 1915, the issue in the United States of an Anglo-French loan in order to finance purchases made in the United States. [FL]