The American entry provided more impact via Psychological than actual impact (though we did conduct some fighting and beat the Germans from invading Paris)...(funny, i'm german... >< ) anyways.
After 3-4 years of gritty fighting for many of the troops, the nations were simply bankrupt, with exhausted troops everywhere.
(the nations referring to Europe)
Indeed, it was bad enough that many European nations had to impose inflationary measures and/or collapsed after the war.
Now, during this time, the United States was kicking back and chilling, sometimes whining about German attacks on American civilians on boats headed to Europe.
And during this time, the United States was a major nation with a respectable military.
When the United States was dragged into the war, the Axis powers realized "oh damn, this is the United States with millions of fresh new men and with a manufacturing power that is more than the Next Top 9 combined together!"
With it, the German felt shaky, but insisted that "nooby" americans would fail at war.
Well, they didn't, and beat back the Germans from invading Paris. Since then, Germany lost and Americans went byebye.
When the United States entered the war, the war went from a Stalemate/Possible victory for the Axis to a defeat of the Axis powers.
2007-11-13 15:59:59
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answered by Live Laugh Love 6
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When the United States entered the War, Germany was in the process of negotiating a ceasefire with the interim Russian government that had overthrown the czar. The ceasefire meant that the 1,000,000 germans stationed on the eastern Front could be brought to bear on the western allies- Britaon and France. Britain and France were critically short of basic supplies, including foodstuffs, and were demoralized after the bloody assaults of 1916. the french were at this time experiencing troop mutinies to a dangerous level. The entry of the United States effectively checked the value of the million german reserves, and the vast resources of men and material that the United States could eventually bring to bear convinced the german high command that defeat was inevitable. They tried a series of assaults in 1918 to try and capture Paris to hopefully end the war before America could swing into full force, but these were defeated. So the united States was essentially a looming threat that the germans , drained after 4 years of war, couldnt overcome.
2007-11-13 16:01:55
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answered by Ross 3
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American troops did not have much impact until they were assembled in force and equipped by the late spring and summer of 1918, so the US only fought for ~ the last six months
of a 4 year + 4 month war.
But after the all out German offensive in the spring of 1918 stalled, the Germans could see the writing on the wall. It was a matter of time. People at home in Germany were tired of the privations and losses. It no longer seemed likely that it would ever end with a complete German victory. Germany did not surrender totally. They signed an "armistice" stopping the fighting. But Britain kept up the sea blockade which forced the Germans to agree to the Versailles settlement in 1919 accepted "guilt" for starting the war. That vindictive agreement by the Allies would come back to bite them when Hitler came to power and restarted the same war in 1939.
2007-11-13 16:01:41
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answered by Spreedog 7
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2016-12-16 08:05:49
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answered by Anonymous
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