# What if Germany fights it out in 1918?

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-germany-fights-it-out-in-1918/823871/42 "2018-11-04T02:44:14Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Do you know how far the Germans got into France? They didnt really “occupy” france, they had a tiny toehold, a couple days walk in.

Per Wikipedia, they occupied a bit less than 4% of France (the 4% that included much of the country’s industrial base). The equivalent for the US would be occupying New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware (actually, that’s lowballing it a little by area (those states together are a little less than 3% of the total US area)

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