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However, it insisted on its right as a neutral party to immunity from German submarine attack, even though its ships carried food and raw materials to Britain.
When the U. S declared war, the U. S. army was still small by European standards and mobilization would take a year.
Meanwhile the U. S. continued to provide supplies and money to Britain and France, and initiated the first peacetime draft.
Industrial mobilization took longer than expected, so divisions were sent to Europe without equipment, relying instead on the British and French to supply them.
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