Before the 1st April 1917 the United States of America wanted to stay neutral between the countries, they didn’t want to get involved in European arguments. But, they supported the Allies with loans, weapons, and food supplies. The Germans needed to stop all the supplies that were getting in to Britain, to do this they needed to take a risk and attack American ships that were supplying Britain with weapons and food. In doing this, the Germans killed many American civilians. But the Americans still wanted to stay neutral, then Germany made a big mistake, they suggested allying with Mexico against America, America had it with Germany, they declared war!
Meanwhile, Russia was going through a revolution. At the start of the war Russia’s cities were almost starved of food, it became worse as the war dragged on. The Russian industries were suffering badly, factories all over Russia were being shut down, this caused a lot of job losses. The food shortages began to have an impact on the country. The Tsar lost the support of his people and his subjects. Riots and strikes broke out all over Russia. Tsar lost control of his
The people of Russia wanted the Tsar to abdicate. On the 15th of November Nicholas decided to abdicate. He was going to pass his throne on to his brother, but the people of Russia didn’t want another Tsar to rule over them, they wanted to be free.
During this revolution, Russia was forced to make peace with Germany. This meant that Germany could move thousands of troops from the eastern front to the western front. Germany knew that they needed to win the war before America could arrive at the western front. They saw this as a great opportunity to launch a great attack on the western front, but every week there were fresh, new, healthy American troops on the battlefield. The French also called up reserves. Germany had taken a turn for the worst, they ran out of reserves, and the allies were starving the German people of the raw materials including the troops. Near the end of the war chaos broke out in Germany, the navy rebelled against going out to war and sunk their own ships. On 11 November 1918 Germany asked for a cease-fire, the war was over.
Overall, I think that America helped us win in World War 1. Although there were many other factors that lead to Germany’s defeat, most of them wouldn’t have come around if America didn’t join. For example, if America didn’t join the war, the ‘Ludendorff Offensive’ would have probably won the war for the Germans.