Not Henry G said:
Are there any TLs on this? There was "Welcome to Roosevelt's Class" or something a while back, but it died out.
Yes, mine, but don't look for it any time soon- war goes worse for the Germans at sea, they are forced to resort to unrestricted submarine warfare sooner, bringing the Americans in two years earlier, and they have the beginnings of a deployable army in place by the time of Verdun.
The British army moves north, the Americans take over the gap between the two, the original Flanders 1916 plan is used by the BEF, and the Americans have to put their attack in across the fields of the Somme.
Against an unbroken, un- attrition- wearied German Army, with the tactical attitude the Americans came in with, it's going to be worse than the Battle of the Frontiers.
"The innocent confidence they had begun with was bled and battered out of them, and replaced with a terrible hate."
After the mauling the AEF gets at the hands of Army Group Rupprecht, A negociated peace becomes much less likely.
America is going to be shocked, and
angry. The higher a price the Germans make them pay to learn the trade, the angrier they're going to get.
Much more likely to be demands of unconditional surrender than an early, negociated peace. At least in that TL.