This is the new BMW 7 Series, a rolling temple to high-tech. Automakers around the world use their large luxury sedans as testbeds for bleeding-edge tech â a lot of it is ridiculous, but a lot of it becomes practical (think heated seats) or even required by law (think anti-lock brakes or stability control).
The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. World War I Trenches in France. Germanyâs resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilsonâs decision to lead the United States into World War I.
Primary Documents - U.S. Declaration of War with Germany, 2 April 1917. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlined the case for declaring war upon Germany in a speech to the joint houses of Congress on 2 April 1917. A formal declaration of war followed four days later, on 6 April 1917. Click here to read German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg's reaction to news that Wilson was to address Congress on 2 April.