Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10975360-20131129121937/@comment-4621372-20141204003139

God Bless the United States of America wrote: GunsnadGlory wrote: US was useless in WWI. We won WWII- but in WWI, we were bit players at best, akin to New Zealand or Canada. US loans is what allowed the Entente to maintain their forces in the field, while also supplying them in a manner like that of Lend Lease in WWII. If the US had remained neutral, the Entente would fold no later than the fall of 1917. I meant militarily. Even, then, not quite true- the Brits had the Empire, which at this point was still hugely lucrative, and to a slightly lesser extent, so did the French- the Germans did NOT, and that would have told eventually. It might have taken longer, but the Brits and French had the economic power to outlast the Germans- if you don't believe me, there are several sources that back this up.

In any case, the Americans would be working DIRECTLY against their own interests by remaining economically neutral. At this point, the British Empire was still the premier economic power on Earth, something that would only change AFTER the war.

Honestly, once the Germans invaded Belgium, they had at most a couple of months to beat the French. Once that was gone, they were NOT winning, except by a massive stroke of luck.