American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

American entry into World War I

The United States entered into World War I on 6 April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart from an Anglophile element urging early support for the British and an anti-Tsarist element sympathizing with Germany's war against Russia, American…

United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)

Declaration of war in World War I

The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. President Woodrow Wilson asked a special joint session of the United States Congress for a declaration of war on April 2, 1917, which passed in the Senate on the same day and then in the House of…

April 2

Day of the year

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 273 days remain until the end of the year.