What if?

[HealzDevo]

I have to counter you there and say that it is possible that the Germans may just have been able to effect a breakthrough. Don't forget that they had been investigating all sorts of things such as storm-troopers to storm the Allied Lines. A lot of those well equipped and the Allies could have been in trouble. WW1 was not about resources, it is also about the breaking point of those on the front-line. If the US hadn't joined in, I think the Germans could very well have reinforced their hand at the bargaining table with a very great victory. Don't forget that the British and French had been fighting since 1914-1918 so it would have been getting to the stage where some soldiers may have been thinking: 'What's the use in killing them, there's always more seeming to come.' Also Britain had its hands partially tied holding Northern Island down. If the USA hadn't come in you can bet the Germans would have planned an uprising and I do think I recall one in 1918 but I can't remember the dates. This would have tied up British troops closer to home as the British population would have viewed this as more of a threat, it being right on their doorstep virtually.

[plan_D]

That's not a very good counter. The storm-troops weren't fast enough to enact a breakthrough. They came in before the attack to disrupt the Allied lines, but they're still men on foot. Not fast enough.

Ireland had a few problems during World War I that were quelled by the home units. And Germany had been fighting from the start too, they weren't fresh, they were tired. World War I was just as much about resources as any other, if not more about resources.

[carpenoctem1689]

Sure it was about resources, but Morale was a big factor too. The french were very low on morale, as were the british. The germans too were, but were happy that the russians had pulled out. If the germans, with the lack of american assistance factored in, attacked with troops from the east under massed artillery like before, after launching gas attacks on the other far end of the front, they could have broken in deep through the allied lines, giving the german people and soldiers a very big boost in morale, helping the common man on the street, and helping the economy back on its feet. The germans, though beaten in the air for the most part, had some good aircraft in theyre midst, and if concentrated, could have acheived superiority above theyre offensive battlefield, if only for a short time, also giving the ground troops more morale boosting, because airmen were greatly glorified. The germans could have pushed in deep, and negotiated peace easily if it had gone down that way.

[plan_D]

Morale doesn't build an industry in a day. And the massing of everything achieves success ...like it did so all the four years beforehand, right?