The US joined the war in 1917, which changed everything. Massive numbers of American troops and a brand new, freshly equipped fighting force would tip the balance on the Western Front in favor of the Allies and force the Germans to eventually seek a cease fire.
At almost the same time, the Russians were forced to drop out of the war due to the Russian Revolution and their inability to fight both the German Army and the communist rebellion, or more accurately, the communists ability to fight a civil war with the Czarist nationalists.
This freed a large portion of the German Army and allowed them to focus the final offensive of the war only on the Western Front. It very nearly gained them victory in the whole shooting match.
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