World War I

The joining of the United States of America in to WW1 was a major turning point for the allies, but had we not joined the war then things would have been different. Germany and Austria were the strongest nations in Europe and they were both central powers so the Russians and French were already at a disadvantage. If America would have stayed out of the war then Germany and Austria would have beat the Russians and French but it would have taken a little bit more time. They would have defeated the French first so that they could then move there forces to the more difficult defeat of Russia. With Germany winning the war there would have been a lot of changes in the world. Germany would have rose up to become an even more powerful nation and change the courses of history to wear Germany would be the strongest nation in the world, and not the United States of America. Unlike the American entry into Second World War, their entry into the First World War didn't really bring about any major improvement in the Allied position. By the time the US entered the war, the Battle of Jutland had already been fought and the High Seas Fleet would not leave port under arms again: The British blockade had held. This had the effect of destroying the German home front: desperate measures were being taken to break the food shortage, including turning public parks into farmland. In addition to the food shortages, the German war effort was facing shortages of a great number of vital war resources Oft cited is the 1918 Spring Offensive and how, without US presence, it would have succeeded. This is questionable: the vast majority of the soldiers fighting in the offensive were still non-US soldiers. The German Army may have made further gains than it achieved historically, but one must look at why the offensive took place: Germany wanted to try and win before the US arrived in force. Would they have attempted the offensive without US presence? Presume they had, the 1918 Offensive was the last...