Intervantion of Foreign Powers: Impact on Wars' Outcomes?

In the American Revolution and the Civil War, the intervention of non-warring foreign powers has had more significant impact on the war’s outcome then the War of 1812 because in the American Revolution, France helped the Americans achieve their victory, and in the Civil War, the British helped the Confederacy in the naval base which helped them in the beginning of the war. The War of 1812 had France as the foreign power who was less significant on the impact of the war. During the American Revolution, the Americans who were fighting the Britons were much less experienced and they had much less soldiers and once they called upon France to help them, France did by sending more soldiers and supplies their way. This made the colonies win the war and because of the intervention of France, their independence was secured as well. In the Civil War, the British were helping the Southern Confederacy by shipping necessary items for the war and providing the south with a strong naval force. The introduction of British iron clad ships such as the Alabama to the South, made the South very successful at the seas in the first half of the war. Since the British intervened, the South had the strong hand at the war and the war was prolonged and the chances of the South winning were rising. The intervening power of the War of 1812 had a much less significant effect on the war’s outcome because France was one of the countries that provoked the United States to start the war along with Britain and France’s actions during the war impacted the war’s outcome much less then when France helped the Americans during the Revolution. Britain was at war with France and both countries wanted the U.S. to stop trading with the other. This way, the non-warring power, France, was the one who influenced the start but the impact was not as significant as in the American Revolution and the Civil War.