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Ok, so there are some other threads around right now, the one I created got off topic and didn't really get to where I was hoping it would, so...

Let's take a look at this ATL concept:
August, 1914 UK declares blockade of Germany.
September, 1914 the US issues ultimatium, "food for all, or else".
October, 1914, UK blockade intercepts US foodstuffs headed into CP ports. USA institutes complete trade boycott of all combatant nations for the duration of the war.:eek:

Now, how does this affect WWI?

1) Germany and A-H are not going to suffer all that much here, as they didn't really have all that much trade with the USA by this time anyway. 2) The Entente, OTOH, is going to be much worse off right away, and as things progress along this ATL, the problems are just going to keep getting worse.

In the other threads, the discussion had a change taking place late in the war when the Entente was running out of money and their loans were starting to come due, but in this ATL, the Entente will be unable to purchase anything from the USA at all. Right from the start in Oct, 1914. No fuel, no food, no nothing.

Discuss.:)
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