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wiking's excellent What if the Austro-Hungarians put the Eastern Front first? thread got me thinking, is there any way to have the US involved in the Great War and yet have it still end in a negotiated peace even if it does somewhat favour the western Entente powers? What I was ideally looking for was a war where Germany and Austria manage to beat Russia so that it collapses before transferring troops to the west only to have both sides bash heads and come to a bloody stalemate. Then when the US intervenes it ends up forcing them into a negotiated peace where the Central Powers have to give up some concessions to avoid being completely beaten. Basically what I'm trying to aim for is Germany and Austria-Hungary to get out of it mostly intact and without having to pay reparations except Germany having to return Alsace-Lorraine. Ideally I'd also like them to lose the Polish Corridor, not including Danzig, but I honestly can't see how to get them beat down or things looking bad enough for them to give it up without being in so bad a position that something equivalent to our timelines Treaty of Versailles follows.

The $64,000 question though is it possible to get a limited US involvement? As the 800 lb gorilla in the room once US troops enter combat it's pretty much a forgone conclusion I think. The only two ideas I can come up with are the US decides to extend economic aid to the Entente powers without sending troops or they send economic aid and start training up troops but press the Central Powers to agree a peace before they land in Europe. Anyone got any other ideas?
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