I don't want to turn this into a continuous argument, but I studied WWI a lot so kinda wanted to comment on that. As far as WWI goes, the reason Americans thin

I don't want to turn this into a continuous argument, but I studied WWI a lot so kinda wanted to comment on that. As far as WWI goes, the reason Americans think that we saved the day is because about the time we sent several million troops over, Russia had surrendered and the Germans diverted their veteran soldiers from the Eastern to the Western front. Further, we think it's important that we prevented the continued unregulated use of u-boat warfare, which had been crippling the UK. As for WW2, it's probably because the USSR was the bad guys so we couldn't acknowledge their success.