"We may have lost the battle (or two, or ten) but we've won the war."
In the reading, it was clear that the Central Powers had many more wins than the Allied Powers in the beginning of the war. They were successful in pushing back the Allies attacks, and defeated them many times. However, it was the Allied Powers that ultimately won the war. How were they able to do so when they had so many losses in the beginning?
I think the major turning point in the war was 1917 when Russia left the Allied Powers and the war. Russia was clearly their weakest link from the beginning because of all the internal strife going on in their own country so they couldn't focus everything they had on the World War. That year was also a crucial point in the war because the United States joined the war and as an emerging world power our aid was effective.
ReplyDeletetess said exactly what i had written down. But i would also like to add that through these readings it's easy to notice how the Allied powers never had nearly as desperate attacks and moves as the Central powers did. When Britain epically failed with gas, they didn't just go all out to prove themselves again. But this need to prove oneself was definitely what hindered the Central powers.
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