There were several reasons why Germany lost in World War I. Two reasons were that Germany underestimated how close they were to winning the war, and they underestimated how fast the United States would become a factor in the war. Germany knew that breaking the Sussex Pledge, which said they wouldn’t sink our ships without warning, would bring the United States into World War I on the side of the Allies. Germany believed they could end World War I very quickly. They believed the war would be over before the United States could fully mobilize its military and become a factor in the fighting in the war. They didn’t expect the United States to mobilize as fast as we did. Thus, when the United States entered World War I, we brought rested troops to the Allies as well as needed supplies. The United States was the deciding factor in World War I.
Another reason why Germany lost in World War I was that they had to fight a two-front war. Germany hoped to knock France out of the war quickly, and then they would go and fight Russia. However, Germany couldn’t defeat France. As a result, they had to fight on both the eastern front and the western front. This meant Germany couldn’t fully devote all of their troops to one area at any given time. It is very hard to fight and to win a two-front war.
There were several reasons why Germany lost in World War I.
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