The USA don´t enter WW1 what are the consequence for american forces

I believe that the US's involvement in the Great War set a precedent that the US can and should involve itself in international affairs. We were convinced that we had a military good enough to hold its own against other world powers. We also formed bonds with nations such as Britain and France.

If we had stayed out of WW1 I believe that we would have kept our noses out of other international events as well. One major event I believe we would have sidestepped was the 2nd Japanese-Sino War. I don't think there would be enough support to cut off trade with Japan, one of the main causes of the Pacific War. This would also make the case for a European War more difficult.
 
I believe that the US's involvement in the Great War set a precedent that the US can and should involve itself in international affairs. We were convinced that we had a military good enough to hold its own against other world powers. We also formed bonds with nations such as Britain and France.

If we had stayed out of WW1 I believe that we would have kept our noses out of other international events as well. One major event I believe we would have sidestepped was the 2nd Japanese-Sino War. I don't think there would be enough support to cut off trade with Japan, one of the main causes of the Pacific War. This would also make the case for a European War more difficult.

I don't think the Americans linked the Pacific with Europe. Europe is far away in terms of US strategic interests at this time. On the other hand the Americans had colonies in the Pacific. The Amercans always intervened when they had a direct interest. They invaded Mexico, Guatamala, Haiti, Cuba etc. A clash with Japan was anticipated even before WW1.
 
I don't think the Americans linked the Pacific with Europe. Europe is far away in terms of US strategic interests at this time. On the other hand the Americans had colonies in the Pacific. The Amercans always intervened when they had a direct interest. They invaded Mexico, Guatamala, Haiti, Cuba etc. A clash with Japan was anticipated even before WW1.

Remember that Germany declared war on the US only after the US declared war on Japan after Japan attacked the US after the US embargoed Japan in response to Japanese actions in China. If the US had decided the Chinese weren't worth fighting a war over and kept trading with Japan is it crazy to think that the US would stay out of WW2 altogether?
 
Remember that Germany declared war on the US only after the US declared war on Japan after Japan attacked the US after the US embargoed Japan in response to Japanese actions in China. If the US had decided the Chinese weren't worth fighting a war over and kept trading with Japan is it crazy to think that the US would stay out of WW2 altogether?

The Americans didn't fight for China. Apart from being bombed at Pearl Harbor (what were the Americans supposed to do after that) the Americans were fighting to stop Japan becoming too great a power in the Asian Pacific region. They had sympathy for China but they never seriously discussed going to war over it. They only became worried after the Japanese went into French Indo China.
 
The Americans didn't fight for China. Apart from being bombed at Pearl Harbor (what were the Americans supposed to do after that) the Americans were fighting to stop Japan becoming too great a power in the Asian Pacific region. They had sympathy for China but they never seriously discussed going to war over it. They only became worried after the Japanese went into French Indo China.

The US had plenty of trade with Japan for the first few years of the war. Public opinion against Japan forced the US government to embargo Japan. An agreement to embargo Japan was only reached after the US, the British and the Dutch agreed to work together to embargo Japan. A US that wasn't allied with Britain during WW1 may very well not have the relationship to conduct this pact. And they may not want to form too close of ties in fear of getting pulled into the European war. If Japan was still getting the war supplies it needed through trade then it probably wouldn't have attacked the Pacific colonies in order to obtain them. Therefore, no Pacific or European war for America.
 
A more interventionist USA could well have used the Panay Incident or the Japanese Occupation of Indochina as a casus belli for war with Japan.


Of course, a more interventionist USA means more trade as well, and therefore the great depression isn't quite as great...


The 30s recession is going to be bad no matter what happens, but it might not be a great depression that sees the rise of radical leadership, and therefore WWII may well be everyone vs. the Soviets.


A tight butterfly net is required here...
 
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