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"That was when it all began. The German victory. All that patriotism, all that sacrifice, for nothing."

LUSITANIA EXPLODES IN PORT! BRITISH WEAPONS REVEALED!

The Cruise Ship Lusitania has exploded in port. Initial reports put it down to a boiler explosion, however, it was later revealed that a secondary explosion took place, an explosion characteristic of powder. From this and other investigations, it is now clear that somebody intended to use the Lusitania to transport weapons to Britain. We do not know who is behind this, only that they could have placed countless civilian lives in danger.

Extracted from The Lost War: German Victory

The German victory in 1920 can be put down to a number of factors. First, the Russian Revolution, which led to Russia bowing out ungracefully from the war. Second, the massive German offensive of 1917, which hit a French army still in the midst of mutiny[1] and gained several strategically vital locations.Third, the absence of America until 1918, when the Entente was clearly losing ground. American soldiers, as many men as the British Expeditionary Force, fought desperately but took abysmal losses, and only managed to delay victory by a year. America and Britain were given a 'peace with honour' - no territorial exchanges were made - but France was heavily weakened.

America felt angered - it had fought a war for nothing, gained not even President Wilson's ambitions - and, most uncomfortably, firmly lost. This was to spur a feeling of betrayal, of meaninglessness, of despair even, among the Americans, which was to fully blossom only in the elections of 1933...

[1] This actually happened IOTL, but ITTL the Germans caught wind of it.

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