Creating a POD to keep the U.S.out of the 1st WW

Well, find someone anti-war who isn't such a loser (no offense to Mr. Bryan, of course)!
What Offense?
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Hi, guys, My name is William Jennings Bryan, I can talk real fast and am responsible for both the democratic Progressives and the Christian Right, Basically, I am everyone's dad politically but no one wants to admit it
 

CaliGuy

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What Offense?
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Hi, guys, My name is William Jennings Bryan, I can talk real fast and am responsible for both the democratic Progressives and the Christian Right, Basically, I am everyone's dad politically but no one wants to admit it
Well, I called him a loser, so ...
 

CaliGuy

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However, a successful Gallipoli would result in the war becoming more in favor of the Entente--not the Central Powers!
 

CaliGuy

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However, if this results in the Ottomans being successfully knocked out of the war and in Anglo-French military assistance and other aid beginning to reach Russia in large amounts, maybe, just maybe this causes the Central Powers to eventually sue for peace--thus keeping the U.S. out of World War I. :)
 
However, a successful Gallipoli would result in the war becoming more in favor of the Entente--not the Central Powers!

Definitely makes things better for them. But the question is could it be done. I think if the British were following a Napoleonic type strategy it might be. Indeed it seems to be a much higher priority then and really suits traditional British behaviour.
 

CaliGuy

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Definitely makes things better for them. But the question is could it be done. I think if the British were following a Napoleonic type strategy it might be. Indeed it seems to be a much higher priority then and really suits traditional British behaviour.
By Napoleonic strategy, do you mean sending very few troops to France and instead focusing almost exclusively on the Straits?
 
Well, I called him a loser, so ...
By the way, I'm not saying either side is wrong, I was just making a joke about how he basically steered the democrats to start going more left (i.e The commoner) but was also extremely pro-Church and against Secularization (Scopes Monkey Trial, anti-gay)
 
By Napoleonic strategy, do you mean sending very few troops to France and instead focusing almost exclusively on the Straits?

Napoleonic, maintain the naval blockade, subsidise their allies, limited contribution to the main fighting and focus on the peripheries such as the straights, the Balkans, middle east etc.
 
The problem with such a strategy in WWI appears to have been this: Russia and France were too weak to defeat Germany by themselves (or even with Italy's help, for that matter). Indeed, without large-scale British militarily assistance, I suspect that France would have fallen in either 1917 or 1918! :(

Without the 5 armies of the BEF the Germans would have superiority on the western front which isn't a recipe for entente victory.
 

CaliGuy

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By the way, I'm not saying either side is wrong, I was just making a joke about how he basically steered the democrats to start going more left (i.e The commoner) but was also extremely pro-Church and against Secularization (Scopes Monkey Trial, anti-gay)
Wasn't pretty much everyone in the U.S. anti-gay back then, though?
 

CaliGuy

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Napoleonic, maintain the naval blockade, subsidise their allies, limited contribution to the main fighting and focus on the peripheries such as the straights, the Balkans, middle east etc.
OK; however, this would nevertheless ultimately be a losing strategy for Britain and for the Entente.
 
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