In 1916 the Germans were winning and the Entente were being bled white. The French army mutinied and refused to attack. Without American help (and here I don't mean soldiers on the front) the Entente very well could have been forced to end the war.
the germans were not winning. they were losing every front but Russia and stalemated in France. they were blockaded & had no way to break it. the french mutinys were not so much 'let the germans run us over' as 'we're not going to go on a suicidal charge'---not exactly a coup de grace for the germans
its a simple matter of resources: germany needed imports which were cut off & the entente not only maintained colonial extraction, they captured more. just look at the numbers of tanks & other materiel on each side by the end of the war, germany never had a chance after the first few months
Then why did the Entente come to the USA hat in hand saying they were going to lose the war? And if the Americans wanted their loans paid back, they'd better get involved? Wilson ran on "he kept us out of the war" and then immediately turned his coat and got America involved.
And it wasn't the Zimmerman telegram or the Lustitania.
In 1916 the Germans were winning and the Entente were being bled white. The French army mutinied and refused to attack. Without American help (and here I don't mean soldiers on the front) the Entente very well could have been forced to end the war.
the germans were not winning. they were losing every front but Russia and stalemated in France. they were blockaded & had no way to break it. the french mutinys were not so much 'let the germans run us over' as 'we're not going to go on a suicidal charge'---not exactly a coup de grace for the germans
its a simple matter of resources: germany needed imports which were cut off & the entente not only maintained colonial extraction, they captured more. just look at the numbers of tanks & other materiel on each side by the end of the war, germany never had a chance after the first few months
Then why did the Entente come to the USA hat in hand saying they were going to lose the war? And if the Americans wanted their loans paid back, they'd better get involved? Wilson ran on "he kept us out of the war" and then immediately turned his coat and got America involved.
And it wasn't the Zimmerman telegram or the Lustitania.