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How long could Germany have fought in WW1 if food wasn't a problem?
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:41 pm
Suppose Germany had all the food it needed for its population and military. How much longer would it have fought?
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Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:48 pm to prplhze2000
Long enough to build these.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:49 pm to prplhze2000
Not really. The entire german military was on the verge of collapse due to high casualties by Americas entrance in 1918
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:49 pm to prplhze2000
Food or no food that civilian population was pisssssed
This post was edited on 1/28/18 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:51 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 1/28/18 at 6:53 pm to prplhze2000
Not much longer. Their population was done with the war and they couldn’t pull from any other population. They had to fight with what they had in their country.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:04 pm to prplhze2000
Not much longer. The lack of food sucked, but it was more that entire town's youths were being taken out in a single day of battle that was the bigger problem.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:12 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
How much of the civilian population's anger could be blamed on the lack of food and starvation, though?
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:13 pm to prplhze2000
I would imagine a pretty sizeable amount. They had a winter that they coined the name the “Turnip Winter” during the war.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:15 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
But remember that they did not have colonial reserves like the British and French had AND the Americans were just getting into the war. They didn’t have theman power to continue
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:17 pm to prplhze2000
An army runs on its stomach. I think had food not been such an issue, Germany may have not opted for unrestricted submarine warfare which in turn brought the Americans into the war. The British blockade hurt them terribly.
Once the czar fell and Russia pulled out, without reinforcements from the Americans, Germany may have well succeeded in a final push to Paris.
Once the czar fell and Russia pulled out, without reinforcements from the Americans, Germany may have well succeeded in a final push to Paris.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:18 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Yes but the lack of food was one of the reasons the 1918 offensives failed.
Of course, there is the matter of what would have happened if the allies kept going and invaded Germany. All that revolutionary stuff probably would have stopped as Germans would've banded together to fight an invader.
Of course, there is the matter of what would have happened if the allies kept going and invaded Germany. All that revolutionary stuff probably would have stopped as Germans would've banded together to fight an invader.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:19 pm to saint tiger225
Who made that gif? 
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:21 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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But remember that they did not have colonial reserves like the British and French had AND the Americans were just getting into the war. They didn’t have theman power to continue
I know, that’s why I said what I said in my first post in this thread.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:25 pm to prplhze2000
quote:it also failed because they put their most experience troops at the front of the advance and they eventually bogged down when all of said experience troops died off. they lost over a million men in a 6 month period. the shear number of casualties with their lack of extra man power to draw on is what doomed the german military. had they had enough food to last through the winter of 1918, they still werent surviving for very long. the revolution in germany only brought the war to a slightly quicker end
Yes but the lack of food was one of the reasons the 1918 offensives failed.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 7:48 pm to prplhze2000
Also factor in that armor was becoming more common on the field. Trench warfare was going at the window at that point
Posted on 1/28/18 at 8:06 pm to prplhze2000
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Yes but the lack of food was one of the reasons the 1918 offensives failed.
I dont think food was as much of a factor against Germany in '18 as it was with the blockades of '16 and '17. Russia leaving the war took a lot of pressure off of western farmland and Germany was able to resupply food. However, food shortage was a big factor in the gained anarchy movement and dissolution of Germany's ally, Austria-Hungary.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 8:11 pm to prplhze2000
If they knew what the '40s had in store for them, I bet they would have held out a little while longer.
Posted on 1/28/18 at 8:18 pm to prplhze2000
The better question is what if the USA teamed up with Japan and Germany instead of the Allies in WWII?
Posted on 1/28/18 at 8:26 pm to Breesus
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The better question is what if the USA teamed up with Japan and Germany instead of the Allies in WWII?
Hmmmmm...let me play the devil’s advocate...
What if we join the Axis and have the effect of softening them up a bit. No death camps, allow many the “undesirables” to resettle to camps in America.
Help Japan expand into east Asia and overthrow the Chinese communists.
Help Germany overthrow the Soviets.
Replace Hitler with a more level headed nationalist.
Could have actually worked out
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