@oztea:
Strategic warfare really had no place in WWI
Political intrigue, deal making and deal breaking, revolution and the like were much more responsible for the outcome of the war.
Would the US ever have joined fully without the Zimmerman Note?
Could Italy have been persuaded not to join by the Central Powers?
Could the Marxist revolution have been put down?
I am of the opinion that the US not even be allowed to join the war unless attacked, but their transports be moving IPCs to England and France, would make an attack necessary.
Lets say for instance, US starts with no transports, but are encouraged to build them, and load in each one supplies for the allies.
So the longer the game goes on, the more Germany is going to feel that flow of IPCs into Europe.
Eventually, Germany would be compelled to attack the US transports. Instead of just “US joins on turn 4”
The US was selling to the Central powers just as much as the “Allied” powers in the begining of the war. Remeber Wilhelm was the grandson of Queen Victoria and at first this was seen as just another family conflict between European Countries. Early in the war there was just as much reason for the US to enter on the Central powers side as the So called Allied powers side.