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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Eh - you'd have just had the EU 80 years earlier and hubbed out of Berlin instead of Brussels.
The idea that Europe would've just become one giant "Greater Germany" is a complete fiction. They'd have instilled some sort of top-down imperial oversight with the respective world leaders maintaining their titles and most of their authority. FFS, they were all related. Wilhelm, George and Nicholas were cousins - you think they'd have been put on a wall and shot?
The Nazi's never come to power, the Soviet Union never happens (Nicholas was bending more towards Democracy and had approached Wilson regarding democratization efforts) and the history of Britain and France probably doesn't change substantially.
There's no argument in favor of the Germans winning WWII - but there are a bunch of REAL good arguments in favor of them winning WWI. There are plenty against it as well, but I don't think there's a clear answer here. Especially had they been able to effectuate a knockout blow early in the campaign rather than bleed Europe and Russia white for 4+ years.
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It might have. It might not have. I don't second-guess history.
Although, I remember once in history class in high school, and the idiot "teacher" asked, "Donger, what do you think caused WWII?" I looked up briefly, said "WWI" and went back to doodling.