“A century ago, the entry of U.S. troops into World War I tipped the momentum toward its allies, including France and Britain.”
And bought us nothing but a century of headaches.
I’m sure my great-grandfather had better things to do.
An interesting alternative history story to write would be a history that would have evolved from a WWI defeated France. That was part of its motivation to jump into the 1914 Balkan crisis - assassination of he Archduke (Prior to that many assassinations [e.g., 1898 assassination of the Austrian Empress Elizabeth in Geneva by an Italian anarchist!] & many Balkan crises!) Remember France was thirsting for revenge from its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. A WWI defeat would have made that thirst even worse. Would a totalitarian Nazi-style or Communist-style regime have arisen in France as an answer for that desire for revenge? That would be an interesting “what-if” to flesh out and write!
“And bought us nothing but a century of headaches.”
I wish I could disagree but I can not.