Question involving Alternate US contributions to the Central Powers

Let's say that the United States decides to join the Central Powers and fight with Germany! Is the US able to send troops to fight on the ground in Europe? If so, where at? In OTL they could land in France and head to the front. But obviously in this scenario France and Britain will be hostile. I imagine the Royal Navy will try to prevent any US ships carrying troops from getting to Germany.

What say you?
 
The RN was mostly focused around the North Sea, in order to contain the German HSF. If the United States joined, it is doubtful that the British would not be aware of such political shifts and developments, and would have prepared for naval combat to stop such an action. Besides, most of the American fleet exists in the Pacific. The ability to transport any troops would depend entirely on the material of the American navy at the time. Canada also is an issue. Had the US been preparing for such a conflict? Had Canadian reserves been left behind on the New England border/Toronto Corridor for such an event? Would Mexico take this chance to work with the US or would the divided attention of Washington mean that the Mexican situation would become unpalatable, leaving the US with enemies on every side?

The United States joining with the Central Powers in WWI leaves the US in an undoubtedly weaker position in every sense. It is more likely the US would have threatened Britain with intervention if it did not allow American goods to travel to German ports. This probably would not have the desired effect, but the chance exists it might. Only then could American entry into the war seem entirely feasible.
 
The Americans will fight the Entente by cutting off their trade and attacking their commerce. America is impossible to blockade and commerce raiders would have free reign on the high seas making imports impossible for the Entente

As to fighting on the ground in Europe, it depends when America joins. World War One is really a fight for allies. No one is joining the Entente after America declares war and anyone sitting on the fence will join the Central Powers. This applies to Italy and Romania especially but also to Greece, Bulgaria and Sweden
 
The keys to answering the question is when does the US join and what changes occured ITTL and how did they affect US military development. Theres a massive difference between the cold start 1914 scenario we've been discussing and the much more powerful US of OTL 1917.
 
Is the US able to send troops to Europe? Yes, via the GIUK gap. Is this a good idea and do they have any need to? None at all, not even when they've won in Canada and the Caribbean. Not supplying the Entente materially or financially is worth the entire OTL AEF. Giving the CP the same support is worth even more.
 
The Americans will fight the Entente by cutting off their trade and attacking their commerce. America is impossible to blockade and commerce raiders would have free reign on the high seas making imports impossible for the Entente

As to fighting on the ground in Europe, it depends when America joins. World War One is really a fight for allies. No one is joining the Entente after America declares war and anyone sitting on the fence will join the Central Powers. This applies to Italy and Romania especially but also to Greece, Bulgaria and Sweden

The Royal Navy has well over 100 cruisers and a world wide basing network, not to mention but even in 1914 a good chunk of US exports and imports travel in British bottoms. This should not surprise people, in 1914 the British had over 8,000 steam ships (not all ocean going mind but the same fact is true for all the major merchant shipping powers) while Germany and America combined had some 3,000 steamers with another 500-600 American steamers on the Great Lakes. What makes the US Merchant Marine special is that thanks to the power of US industry it was able to add over 10 million tons (by gross tonnage there are other measures) net to its fleet during the course of the war, the next largest growth was by Japan who only added about 1.3 millions tons (gross).

America's global trade will die for the duration, also it will be fighting a war to aid its main economic rival Germany who built the same kind of manufactures as the US while the UK on the other hand concentrated on manufactures of use to the US but not competing directly with their own primary products. Given that Britain lies athwart the main trade routes between America and Europe the Americans will perforce find themselves fighting a separate war from their allies of inconvenience.
 
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