Mar. 2013 cost of living index in Victoria County: 85.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100). We are giving away a $200 prize-enter simply by sending us your own pictures of this county! Click here to upload your Victoria County photos (outside city limits).
World War I (or the First World War) was a global war which began on July 28, 1914 and lasted until November 11, 1918. The war lasted exactly four years, three months and 14 days.
Young American men found themselves soldiers in France in WWI. U.S. Entered World War I. On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral.