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To: kearnyirish2

Essentially true but the central powers were on their last legs as well. And neither side wanted a negotiated settlement. (well, OK, Austria did)


206 posted on 10/18/2017 6:24:32 PM PDT by Lee Enfield (Democracy is mob rule. A constitutional republic is only way to protect freedom.)
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To: Lee Enfield

The surrender of Russia freed over 1 million German troops up for operations in the west - and was probably the real reason for the US entry in the war. Austria-Hungarian troops could be re-directed to put even more pressure on Italy, and Turkey’s troops in the Caucasus would be freed up to deal with British interests in the Near East. A bunch of “what-ifs”, but there really was no path to victory at all for the Triple Entente at that point.


219 posted on 10/18/2017 7:14:45 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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