The US did barely anything in WW1. We had 1 maybe 2 major offenses in the last year of the war before the Central Powers threw in the towel. Most of the US's involvement was in material support before war was declared.
It was a final nail in the coffin not a turning point.
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The failure of the German Spring offensive in March 1918 (Kaiserschlacht) was the turning point. The fact that even with a huge influx of divisions on the western front (due to the surrender of the Russian empire) the Germans couldn't take Paris nor capitulate the French made it clear the war was over.
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On top of the above the naval blockade of German trade made civil unrest so largescale/widespread that had the war continued Germany would've had a civil war and gone out in a similar fashion as the Russian Empire.
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You also had Austria-Hungary who for the life of them couldn't do anything without German support. They couldn't defeat the Italians, Serbians, or Romanians (all of which were militarily inferior) without german assistance. That's not including the already fractured state the empire was in before the war even started. Hungarian segments of the empire had lead revolts and angled for secession several times.
Then you had the ottomans who were entirely Militarily inept. When 1/3 of your army freezes to death in a single campaign you know shits fucked. The ottomans fought the war more like they were fighting insurgencies than actually waging war (Armenian genocide comes to mind). The history books always talk about Gallipoli and it's failures but rarely are the invasions of Arabia and Iraq discussed. The ottomans, other than mainland Turkey, were ocupied by British and commonwealth soldiers.
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Like the Austrian empire the Ottomans were a failed state in all but name. The government didn't function before the war. Secessionist movements in Arabia and other reagions caused a rift in the ottoman military. On top of that the empire was dragged begrudgingly into the war by a coup.
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All in all none of the central powers were on solid ground in 1917. 1918 cemented this before the Americans could scratch the surface. 2/3 of the central powers were neutered before the Meusse-Argon offensive in 1918
I never understood why history professors don't go out of their way to point out MK Ultra even if it's not a part of the curriculum. Perhaps they trippin and don't know it.
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The failure of the German Spring offensive in March 1918 (Kaiserschlacht) was the turning point. The fact that even with a huge influx of divisions on the western front (due to the surrender of the Russian empire) the Germans couldn't take Paris nor capitulate the French made it clear the war was over.
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On top of the above the naval blockade of German trade made civil unrest so largescale/widespread that had the war continued Germany would've had a civil war and gone out in a similar fashion as the Russian Empire.
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You also had Austria-Hungary who for the life of them couldn't do anything without German support. They couldn't defeat the Italians, Serbians, or Romanians (all of which were militarily inferior) without german assistance. That's not including the already fractured state the empire was in before the war even started. Hungarian segments of the empire had lead revolts and angled for secession several times.
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Like the Austrian empire the Ottomans were a failed state in all but name. The government didn't function before the war. Secessionist movements in Arabia and other reagions caused a rift in the ottoman military. On top of that the empire was dragged begrudgingly into the war by a coup.
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All in all none of the central powers were on solid ground in 1917. 1918 cemented this before the Americans could scratch the surface. 2/3 of the central powers were neutered before the Meusse-Argon offensive in 1918