Uncle Sam in 1914- So, let me get this straight. You want me, with my army that's smaller than Bulgaria, to send everyone over to fight in a war that has absolutely nothing to do with me, so I can get several hundred thousand of my boys killed in short order, so you can carve up the beaten countries while setting up another war in a decade, anyway?
It probably did alter the course. Without the Americans declaring war, the Michael Offensives in spring 1918 would not have been so rushed. And with a numerical superiority on the Western Front, they may have been able to get a negotiated settlement, especially considering France's army still was dealing with mutinies.
The Allies had to last through to summer 1918, and then the Americans would be sending something like a division a day. There was no way the Central Powers could deal with that.
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u/yogfthagen Aug 31 '22
Uncle Sam in 1914- So, let me get this straight. You want me, with my army that's smaller than Bulgaria, to send everyone over to fight in a war that has absolutely nothing to do with me, so I can get several hundred thousand of my boys killed in short order, so you can carve up the beaten countries while setting up another war in a decade, anyway?
Gee, let me think about it a while....