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England definitely slowed Germany down but Germany was decidedly winning. Prior to US involvement, the front line was quite close to Paris. After, it was just
by autokad 10y ago
England definitely slowed Germany down but Germany was decidedly winning.
Prior to US involvement, the front line was quite close to Paris. After, it was just over the border of Germany, and then as you said, they knew it was over. US' involvement was huge.
- jonathonf 10y ago> England Britain. Along with contingents from most of its Empire. (Saying "England" when you mean "Britain" is like saying "Texas" when you mean "U.S.A.")
- caf 10y agoIt's said that the first shot fired by the British Empire in WW1 was from Fort Nepean, Australia.
- flukus 10y agoNot during WW1 it wasn't, calling a Scotsman English wasn't an issue at the time.
- afarrell 10y agoReally? When did the Scots start to develop a notion of having a unique national character that made them non-English?
- flukus 10y agoWell, obviously it was centuries ago but it has ebbed and flowed since then. For the 20th century though a lot of Scottish nationalism originated in the Scottish renaissance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance).
- foobarian 10y agoSerious question, what would be the analogous comparisons for "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom?"
- rmckayfleming 10y agoGreat Britain is the island. So an analogy would be North America and United States of America. Roughly of course.
- aninhumer 10y agoI guess an analogous comparison would anything that forgets that Hawaii and/or Alaska exist when referring to the US.
- hardlianotion 10y agoNo, the US broke a stalemate. The Germans were near Paris for most of the war - the location of Paris is what makes the Schieffen plan attractive. The US took a year or so to get onto a War production footing, but then her production started to force the issue. In combat, US helped to stem the German 1918 spring offensive, and were most decisive in the final offensive.