In WWI, Russia played a more important role in the defeat of the Central Powers than France.

"I assume that Con believes that just because a country left a war early or joined a war late, the role of the country is not as great"That, and the fact that the Russians werent very good. "And the French did not kill all of those soldiers I stated above. British, American, and many Dutch troops fought alongside the French."1) The US didnt enter the war until WAAAAAY after the war already started, they played a minor role in the war that was fought for the longest time mostly by the French and the British2) The Dutch only had about 38,000 troops in the war when France and England fielded close to 10 million each. ======================================================================================Reasons why France was a more important role in the defeat of the Central Powers than Russia1) The Battle of MerneThe Battle of Merne was the battle that halted the German advance through Belgium and the Netherlands towards Paris and caused the western front to end up in a stalemate, just 1 month after Germany started WWI. The Battle of Merne was fought by 6 French armies, a single British army, and thats it, meaning it was almost entirely the French fighting along the front at this time. http://en.wikipedia.org...This was the battle that canceled Germany's desire for a quick annexation of France that plunged Germany into a two front war along the East and West. This battle also caused Germany to adopt trench warfare along the western front, which shut down every German attempt to try to overtake France, which ensured that WWI would remain a two front war for Germany to fight. The Russians did not have a key battle or a key victory that froze German advancement into Russia. In 1915 the Central Powers annexed all of modern day Poland and pushed very far eastward into Russia, and the advance halted at a line not because Russia finally got its sh** together and fought back, but because the war on the western front with France and its allies had become too problematic for Germany to continue pushing Eastward into Russia. 2) The Battle of Tannesberg that pro cites does not existThere is no battle of Tannesberg that took place where advancing Russians caused Germany to send reinforcements to the Eastern Front.... http://en.wikipedia.org... There was though a Battle of TanneNberg that was much different then what pro claimed happened:The Battle of Tannenberg was not a crucial battle to the outcome of the war, in fact the Battle of Tannenberg was fought in the very first few days of the war and resulted in the complete destruction of the Russian Second Army, and later battles caused the Russian First Army to be demolished as well. http://en.wikipedia.org...So to summarize at this point: The French armies actually fought and WON crucial battles to stop the advancing german armies, causing WWI to become a two front war, whereas the Russians did not win any key battles and essentially fell flat on their a** up until they quit, amking France a more key power to the allies than Russia did 3) Russia quit. Russia quit from WWI due to their economy collapsing, the communists taking over, and the subsequent Civil War, causing Russia to formally signed a cease fire in March of 1918. The end of the eastern front allowed Germany and the Central Powers to transfer ALL OF THE SOLDIERS on the eastern front to fight on the western front..... This massive influx of troops on the western front due to Russia's self-destruction caused for Germany to now outnumber France and its allies on the Western Front 192 divisions to 178. http://en.wikipedia.org...(World_War_I)#1918.E2.80.94Final_offensives4) The Germans used more forces fighting the French and its allies then Russia and its alliesThe surrender of Russia allowed Germany to move 50 army divisions into the Western Front to bring its total up to 192, which means that before the Russians surrendered, Germany was fielding 142 divisions in the Western Front against the French and its allies, and just 50 in the Eastern Front against the Russians, which clearly implies that France had a bigger part in fighting WWI then Russia didhttp://en.wikipedia.org...5) France held off the German advances despite their vast reinforcementsThe German Spring offensive in 1918 resulted in the Germans taking barely any territory at all (http://en.wikipedia.org...) before they were ultimately repelled due to French and British resistance, over stretched supply lines, and a growing presence of American troops in the trenches. After the German offensive stalled, the allies initiated the Hundred Days offensive where France and its allies swiftly pushed the Germans out of France in successive victories. The French were the ones who organized, coordinated, and led the final campaign, and they were also the ones who suffered the most casualties on the allied side http://en.wikipedia.org..."I await my opponents arguments. I would appreciate if he does not refute my arguments yet and only state his in order to make this debate more equal. "Its called a 'Debate' for a reason dude