bearx wrote:
I don't see how Americans could fight for their country in WWI, because their country was not reachable directly with war that time. (Not counting possible Mexican intervention)
Even in WW2, USA wasn't reachable, when it gained arbitrtary position to Europe as GB was in WWI. And even British decision to participate in WWI was very unstable in beginning... How you can say "They were fighting for their own country" after this?
And, I didn't say "homeland", I said country in which volunteers (or their parents) was born.
More precisely, I meant volunteers, including all Americans in service of european air forces, years before USA officially entered WWI
Don't wanna to debate this topic anymore, because it needs deepest researches with sources, hardly understandable now, because of difference in people's psychology between 1900's, 1950's and current time.
You said "... most of Americans ... who fights in WWI were native French and Britains, who just come to protect land they were born." If for "Americans" you meant; "American volunteers who were born in Britain or France and who joined those country's military services", then you may or may not be correct. However, the original statement didn't say that.
Hmmm ... American troops didn't fight for their own country in WWI or WWII? And since Canadian troops fought in France in both wars, perhaps they were fighting for France, not Canada? I must assume that you again mean “Americans of foreign birth fighting in foreign armed services”, since otherwise the entire concept is beyond ludicrous.
Hint – Back then second generation Americans didn’t care at all about the countries from which their parents had come, and first generation Americans cared very little in most cases. The typical immigrant was not well-to-do, and came to America to get away from the countries of their birth. Yes, a modest number of American volunteers did go to Britain and France (and other countries) to join the fight; and undoubtedly some of them did so because of a connection they felt to those countries. But American troops fought for America (just as every other country’s troops fought for their country).
Oh … I don’t need more research. I had relatives who fought in WWI, and who talked about it to me.
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