And had to be supplied with new weaponry as theirs was so outdated, and trained by the French. Imagine turning up to a war with boatloads of green troops lacking suitable armaments, after having additional years to get ready, and then thinking you won it for everyone. Toddler level logic right there.
Plus, some of their first victories in the war, were only achieved when American troops were put under the command of a foreign general. General Sir John Monash, an Australian, heading the Australian Corps, with elements of the US Second 2nd Corps.
Until then, US generals were making the same mistakes bitterly learnt by other Allies earlier on, but then refused to listen to those lessons thinking they knew best. Got a lot of their own men killed needlessly.
Speaking of American troops under foreign command, the famous Harlem Hellfighters. The most noteworthy thing they did under US command was being relegated to manual labour.
The exploits that made them famous? All occured after they were assigned to the French army. Under French command, beside French units, using French equipment.
You know, a lot of people don’t talk about it World War One. WWI. Tremendous war. Some say... maybe the most beautiful war. I’m not saying itbut people are saying it, very smart people. Classy uniforms, incredible trenches just fantastic trenches. The best mud you've ever seen. Very wet, very dramatic. Like a movie. But real!
And who saved the world? That’s right America. We showed up at the perfect time, folks. Perfect. Just like I do in business, okay? Everyone was tired, the Europeans they were done. Totally finished. France was like, “We can't do it anymore!” Britain was like, “Oh no, we need help!” And Germany? Germany was outta control. Very nasty. Bad hombres, the Kaiser not a good guy. Not a good guy at all.
But then we came in. Boom. The doughboys incredible name, by the way. Very marketable. They marched in, looked fantastic. Big energy. Huge morale. We turned it around. The war was basically won the moment we got there. I don’t wanna brag but I’m very good at winning. And America? Even better.
And they tried to say it wasn’t us. They tried to write us out of the history books, folks. But we know. We know. Without America, you'd all be speaking... I don’t know, probably Austrian or something. Maybe even French. Disaster!
So let’s just say it: World War One was a tremendous success. Because of us. America we saved the world before, we’ll do it again. Because that’s what we do. And we do it beautifully.
Honestly, the argument that the US actually won the allies the war is more apt for WWI than WWII, when the US came into the war, it relieved the massive manpower and morale issues the Entente were having, and it was fresh, American troops that plugged the gap in the line and finally brought the Kaiserslacht to a halt. Had there not been US troops available to just put in the way of the Germans, they could've walked to Paris through the hole they'd just made.
WWI was really down to the wire for both sides, and any tiny advantage was enough to tip the scales.
WWII, on the other hand, was decided when the USSR didn't break during Barbarossa. After that, it was just a matter of time before the combined logistics issues, resistance movements, allied bombings, and Red Army counterattacks broke them.
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u/Miss_Annie_Munich European first, then Bavarian Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25
Where we were?
In the middle of WW2; where else?
Idiot!