Section Leader wrote:Citation needed.
US population in 1914: 100m
UK population in 1914: 45m
UK and white dominions population in 1914: 77m
US steel production in 1914: 35m tons
UK steel production in 1914: 11m tons
US GDP in 1914 (1990 dollars): $500bn
UK GDP in 1914 (1990 dollars): $250bn
British Empire GDP in 1914: $550bn
This is all off the top of my head but it should be basically right with minor adjustments. The USA passed the UK in industrial output in the late 1880s and in overall economic output in 1871. Recall also that Britain was a net food importer, and while other sources were available (e.g. Canada and Argentina), there was significant dependence not only on American industrial output but agricultural as well.
Section Leader wrote:In response to Versailles, Germany built up an army of ten million men from nothing and totally beat France within months, no getting bogged down in Belgium for them that time around.
Germany was superior to France in population, industrial output, technical sophistication, and in military arts. It also directly bordered France.
With the (arguable) exception of military arts, the exact opposite is true with respect to Britain and America. There is no common border (not counting Canada, a 10% version of America) and America was superior in manpower and industry.
Section Leader wrote:Not only would you be fighting thousands of miles from home, you'd be facing established powers with far more manpower which was already incredibly experienced in colonial warfare, dream on son.
Why would we be doing this? There would be no need to take the field in Europe at all. Germany was doing quite well in grinding down the Entente one by one. Belgium, Serbia, Rumania, and Russia were all effectively knocked out by Germany. Italy was rendered ineffective and dependent on Anglo-French support after Caporetto.
America would simply invade Canada (cutting off an important source of manpower and food), embargo the Entente (cutting off American supplies of food, industrial production, and loans), attack British possessions in the Caribbean and Pacific, and support the Kaiserliche Marine in the North Atlantic.
The established powers you refer to, with the exception of the Russian Empire (which lost), all had
less manpower than America so I don't know what you're talking about. The British Empire in total had significantly more manpower than America, but good luck attempting to impose conscription in India and Africa given that it wasn't even possible in Canada.
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