Do you think France, England and company could have won WWI without the intervention of the USA?

Answer 1

The beloved American cousins who have answered do appear to have been confusing WW1 (the one fought in the trenches) with WW2 (the 'Nazi' war). I think England and France could have won WW1 without the Americans, although their help was most appreciated. They only arrived in any significant numbers at the very end of that war. However, I do agree, neither France nor England could have won WW2 without American help. although we Brits did pretty well up to the end of 1941 - what was it - Washington gave us two weeks in the summer of 1940?

Answer 2

Until the sinking of the US ship Lusitania (which triggered the US entry into WWI) the Western Allies were totally bogged down in trench warfare - a war of attrition with vast losses on either side at battles such as Verdun and The Somme (1916)... this became even worse in October 1917 after the Boshevick Revolution in Russia because that took away Germany's Second Front in the East.

When the US came to the party in 1918 they brought with them hundreds of thousands of fresh troops and material. This enabled the Western Allies to break out from behind the trenches and force the Germans and Austrians back following Germans unsuccessful offensive in the second battle of The Marne. The steady advance of the Allies pushed the Germans out of France and Belgium by October 1918, leading to the Armistice of November 1918.

In WWII, the difference the US made was even more decisive, it was probably Lend-Lease supplies alone that kept Russia in the war, and prevented England from starving...even before the attack on Pearl Harbour in Dec 1941 brought the US into the war it was Lend-Lease material that enabled England and Russia to keep fighting long after France had surrendered.

Answer 3

It is likely that WW1 would have eventually run out of steam without the intervention of the US because of the huge economic and social costs of continuing the war. For example by 1918, German industrial output had fallen by 53% since 1913. By the time the US entered World War One in 1918, the best of the forces on both sides had long been eliminated and supply lines and resources were stretched so that neither side could really consilidate its gains. Without the US, there would have been a long and bloody stalemate until both sides got too tired to continue.

It is likely that the defeat of the Central Powers was due to the collapse of the German side. Germany could no longer mount a successful defense, let alone a counterattack. Numerically on the frontline they were increasingly outnumbered, with the few new recruits too young or too old to be of much help. Rations were cut for men and horses because the food supply was critical. The entry of the US meant that the Allies could emerge as victors rather than as the other half of a stalemate simply because of the injection of young men and extra resources that the entry of the US brought.

Answer 4

I would agree that the end result, without America, would have been a military stalemate and a negotiated peace. This would have left the governments of the Central powers in a functional condition, and the social and political breakdowns in the 1920s would have been avoided. That in turn would have precluded the rise of Hitler. Frankly the involvement of the USA, and its insistence on introducing a new morality ( self-determination ) into foreign affairs, followed by the retreat into isolationism after the Versailles Treaty was a global catastrophe that had repercussions beyond Europe. [Sound familiar].

Answer 5

Both sides were physically and economically exhausted, and Germany no longer had to worry about a Russian front, but without American entry I think the Allies would have been able to stay, staggering, on their feet another year or two, and Germany couldn't. Had they known how they'd be treated at Versailles even with the U.S. in the war they would have continued to fight well into 1919, but I can't see how they could have lasted longer. The main effect of American entry into the war may have been the German perception that the Armistice would be reasonable.

Answer 6

yes definitly let us not forget that before ww1 the British Empire was the most powerful nation on earth and the blokading of german ports by the Royal navy was a very inportant factor in winning the war. in actual fact Britain and France were winning the war when the USA entered it.

Answer 7

I think that the US was absolutely needed. England might have stayed free but France needed our help badly.

Answer 8

Without the US in WW1 or WW2, both France and England would be speaking German now.

Answer 9

HAHAHAHA lmao, no , the French are always loosing wars and paris had been conquested by Adolf , which wanted to demolish the eiffel tower but it never happened since one of the commanders wanted to be remembered as a good human being and decided not to demolish the Eiffel tower as a symbol of strength that the French had, and once Adolf her the U.S troops were closing in, he left< HHAHAHA you see without us england and france would not be on our maps.

Answer 10

Yes, they would, it would be a war of attrition......it killed an entire generation and would continue until there won't be many left to fight the Second World War.