President Woodrow Wilson delivered his Address in Support of a World League for Peace on the eve of the United States’ entry into World War I, at the time called the Great War. Wilson outlined the causes of the war and described a way peace could be achieved among all nations if they worked together. Initially, Wilson’s stance was to remain neutral and continue trading with the Allied forces (France, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, and Japan), but this would prove to be difficult. Wilson came to realize that the United States’ entry into the Great War was unavoidable, especially after Germany began targeting U.S. ships.