Across the ocean, the United States and the British government in exile in Canada were likewise paying close attention to the war between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was the Americans who had planned for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to withdraw from the Allied Powers and turn hostile toward Germany. To that end, they had provided a loan of two hundred million dollars. However, compared with the gains they stood to reap, two hundred million dollars was nothing at all.
If Germany suffered devastating losses in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then no matter how much money they had to spend, the United States would absolutely not begrudge it.
President Woodrow Wilson spent the entire day in his office, waiting for news from Europe.
"Gentlemen, if the Germans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire break out into a major war, then given the scale of their forces, this will likely be a massive conflict involving several million people. All of Europe will be smashed to pieces by them!" President Woodrow Wilson said eagerly.
It was exceedingly difficult for the New World to replace the Old World. After all, compared with the New World, which had only begun developing two hundred years ago, the Old World had already grown immensely powerful. Unless years of war utterly destroyed the Old World, the New World would have virtually no chance of replacing it. President Woodrow Wilson had undoubtedly been waiting for precisely such a war to erupt.
Originally, World War I should have been an opportunity for the United States. Unfortunately, Germany's performance in that war had been far too astonishing. In merely one year, it had secured victory. A year and a half later, Germany had practically won the war.
Certainly, that great war had inflicted enormous damage upon Europe. Yet the places destroyed had only