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Some americans didn't want to be part of the fight between great britain and germany why was that?

2007-10-16 15:17:41 · 4 answers · asked by Suffering 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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It wasn't their war. The US had no military treaties with any of the countries involved and the war was over 3000 miles away.

So why get involved? Let the europeans fight it out and the US sell guns and munitions to the allies and make a fortune.

Even the U-boats were not bothering US shipping, so there was not a real excuse to go in. Even the sinking of the Lusitania should not have drawn in the US as it was in a war zone and the risks were known.

Further none of the countries involved were on a world or european domination stance. So there was no threat to the US during or even after the war as far as even their trade agreements.

Many decided that the US should not get involved due to the lack of threat to anything to do with the US (other than citizens going into the declared war zone).

2007-10-16 15:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

There wasn't the clear distinction between the "good guys" and a side that was truly evil as was the case in WWII and Nazi Germany and the Axis powers. Many in the U.S. thought that the U.S. didn't have a dog in the fight and Wilson was actually elected on a platform of keeping the U.S. out of the war.

While there was a natural affinity for the U.K. because of the common language and culture and history, there were many German Americans whose sympathies were on the other side.

Most important, it was argued that American vital interests were not involved UNTIL American trade and shipping was imperiled by German naval actions. The sinking of the Lusitania was the defining event that precipitated American involvement.

It is likely that there would have been a stalemate had the U.S. not entered the war. The fact that the German side actually lost meant that the Treaty of Versailles made very harsh and punitive demands on the losing side and it created the situation that led to the rise of the Nazis and WW II.

2007-10-16 15:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by LucaPacioli1492 7 · 0 0

There were a lot of americans of german descent and the USA was making a fortune by trading with both sides

2007-10-16 18:44:49 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0 0

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2016-12-14 19:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by hutt 4 · 0 0

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