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Lets say Germany first does unrestricted submarine warfare in 1916 instead of 1915.

(Perhaps a POD is that the Germans do a little better on the surface in early 1915, avoid Dogger Bank, etc. and are focused on surface action a few months longer, then they start winning on the east front so they think they can delay).

Questions:

1) If the Germans did USW in 1916 and stuck with it consistently until the war ended, is it a war winner.

2) If the Germans avoided a Lusitania incident in 1915 and didn't do any stupid Zimmerman telegrams and such stunts would the USA still enter eventually with USW starting in 1916.
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