This was the beginning of the end. This is when we went against Adams advice to not go abroad in search of monsters to slay. And look what's happened since we've become the most war hungery nation in the world
Catagorically incorrect that Britain was expanding their military. Defence spending was steady and low (3% of GDP). The Royal Navy did switch from coal based navy to Oil, but of course they would. It’s an eccentric counter factual, that the Royal Navy would stick with coal, even if they anticipated peace.
The American military had no bearing on the outcome of WWI at all, in fact they were such poor soldiers that the allied command wanted them pulled out of the 100 day offensive. However, if it wasn’t for American finance, Britain and France would never have been able to continue the war into 1918. France in particular hadn’t any economic capacity to continue without America loans, and it should be remembered that it was the American people who unhesitatingly contributed their savings to ensure an allied victory.
Did you literally not listen whatsoever? It was USA aid that made it so your country won. Without the USA supplying you with literally everything, would you even be here?
a point though is that germany did not surrender because of us participation it was that they were starving to the naval blockade therefore they surrunder so they dont die to famine
Yeah I'm kinda glad we joined the war because without I doubt our military would be as grand. However, what ruined it in my opinion for us was the peace talks regarding the Treaty of Versailles and what we imposed on the Central Powers which later lead to WW2. Like for example, putting the blame all on Germany, and then forcing them to then pay for it when actually there were many other variables that caused the conflict like, imperialist motives or how eager Austria-Hungary wanted to go to war with Serbia. Plus not to mention the alliance and diplomatic failures which caused the conflict to then snowball into war. Here's a great video by Extra History explaining the tragedy that was the Great War. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S-wSL4WqUws.html
I never understood who the good/bad guys were in that war only that we should have stayed out of it. The Treaty of Versailles alone was disastrous for everyone. And it only got worse with our involvement "helping" the Soviets feed the people they themselves forced into starvation. The wheat we sent was exported to buy Industrial equipment and guns. A second hunger epidemic ensued causing even more to die and how did we respond? We sent even more!
Plenty of other countries back then had humiliating treaties. Germany lost the war instead of getting its Septemberprogramm or continuing its Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Germany was humiliated even more in WW2 yet we don't see it starting wars against its neighbors again.
It's ironic that the American empire started with a terrorist attack in 1914 and ended with a terrorist attack in 2001. I guess you really do live by the sword and ultimately die by it.
Only reason united states entered the war (real reason) was to make sure their loans get repaid. How to do that? Join the side who ul lending the money too
Self justifying reasons for the US firstly not entering WW1 and then belatedly entering it. It could be firmly argued that the US entered the war to suit itself and did no particular favours to the allies on entering it - Britain and the Commonwealth overwhelmingly defeating the Germans in 1918, with little effort from the mutinous and crumbling French. Wilson's grandstanding separate negotiations with the Germans confused the process leading up to the Versailles Treaty and led directly to the "stab in the back" rubbish the Germans hung onto right up to WW2.
Why should they have entered it at all? Do you complain about the 100+ other countries that never joined at all? Funny, I have never heard a German complain that the US didn't help them during the Franco-Prussian War. The European powers started a war that killed millions. Why was the US obliged to join in?
Oh really, because one of the driving factors behind the 1918 German Spring Offensive was the approaching arrival of the AEF in France, which the German High Command knew would give the Allie’s a decisive advantage. The United States didn’t win the war single handed, but it sure did help.
@@usauk3605Yes. And the question of whether the U.S. troops would fight in a European war was answered in 1918. The German, French, and British armies were all getting smaller. Attrition had taken effect. Everyone knew the U.S. Army would continue to grow into 1919, up to 88 divisions. U.S. divisions were much larger than other nations’. With food riots at home, a shrinking army, and clear eyed looking towards the future, the German High Command demanded its government sign an armistice.
They came in at the end same as usual, after 4 years of the real men and proper women was fighting defending them lot come in at the last minute and try poorly attempt to take all the credit as if they was there from day 1 when in actual fact they were there from day none
In this war, we really didn't have an immediate stake at all. And while I think we made the correct decision entering, many believe we never should have -- so I'm not sure the Allies were "defending" us from the start.
So the British and French were just waiting to defeat the Germans until the summer of 1918 and then once a million US troops were in Europe that's when they decided to go for the kill? Bullshit. Even with Russia tying down millions of Central Powers troops, the Allies couldn't defeat Germany. And once Russia pulled out of the war in October, 1917 the Allies' chances of winning the war were even worse. But yeah keep telling yourself America's entry had no impact on the Allied victory.
