Now while I understand that the reality is that Congress wouldn't have declared war over the Lusitania, but just to go with the scenario, how would American entry into the war effect the war as a whole?
Basically. Once again the whole idea isn't really based around the plausibility, but given how the war was going in OTL by May 7th, 1915, how would the entry of America into the allies affect the war? A quicker victory for the Allies? A different outcome to the war?So the war is going the same? And the American political scene is basically the same?
Any chance that American intervention could save the Russian Empire from falling?
I gotta say I think the Russians would push for the annexation of all of former Poland to the Congress and the annexation of East Prussia ot the creation of an East Prussian sattelite under their control.If following the Lusitana sinking, Germany declared unRestricted submarine warfare and sent a Zimmerman telegram, I could see it happening. Wilson wins reelection with a don't swap horses campaign. The war ends in early 1917. There is no Russian Revolution.At Versailles the Russians push for an even more vindictive treaty.
I gotta say I think the Russians would push for the annexation of all of former Poland to the Congress and the annexation of East Prussia ot the creation of an East Prussian sattelite under their control.
Now while I understand that the reality is that Congress wouldn't have declared war over the Lusitania, but just to go with the scenario, how would American entry into the war effect the war as a whole?
What with? As I understand it the American army was tiny suited only for chasing bandits in Mexico and the Philippines. The US Navy was better off but hardley suited to face the High Seas fleet even with the Grand Fleet doing the bulk of the work. Judging by OTL the US Army wouldn't see large scale action until autumn 1916 at the soonest and more likely Spring 1917, which means their first campaign could well be Paschendale.
Didn't Jello_Bafia do this in Reds!, and iirc it played a large role in the set-up for the later communist revolution in the US?
I know the military was small, but that can change once America switches to a war time economy. But I think if the Americans arrived in 1916, it could still have some major consequences on the war front.
t This Is going to create a big argument between Wilson and the Russians. I wonder if Wilson would ask his ally to give up territory to an independent Poland.