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U.S. Entrance into World War I Why did the United States enter World War One? Upon declaration of war on August 1, 1914, by the Germans, a chain reaction of events began influencing most of Europe to enter the war. Most Americans favored staying out of the conflict and President Woodrow Wilson publicly and formally stated that the United States would follow a strict “Policy of Neutrality”. In three short years, however, the United States would find itself pulled into the middle of what later became known as the first World War with the opposing sides being the Triple Entente, or the Allies, (Great Britain, France, and Russia later to be joined by Italy, Japan and the U.S.) against the Triple Alliance, or the Central Powers, (Germany, Austria Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Italy who later defected over to the Allies). Several major events including the use of German submarine warfare, American commercial trade interests, and a strong American sentiment towards the Allies, caused the United States to officially enter into the World War on April 6, 1917. There were many reasons for the United States to enter the war, one of them being cultural ties. Ties of lan