The failure of Britain to prevent Germany from winning the war in Europe could have been avoided if conscription was introduced 10 years before and if they had a significant land army, deterring the German invasion. Woodrow Wilson attempted but failed to intervene and broker peace in 1916, as the war was extended for a further two years with an escalating death toll due to the greater industrial capacity of the armies. The left of the Labour Party, who split to become the independent Labour Party in 1914, advocated for Britain to stay out of the war.