re: OT History "What If" Discussion: Germany Wins WWI in 1914

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Have a friend who is convinced the world would be better for it.

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Well I think there is a compelling argument to be made. Had the war ended in the summer of 1914, the October Revolution probably would have never occurred thus no USSR. Likewise the German empire would have remained intact so so Third Reich. And since there is no Nazi Germany or USSR, there would be no WWII. The Ottoman Empire would have not fallen so no modern day Middle East conflict. Japan would have not been given the German islands in the Pacific so there is a good chance they would have never emerged as a threat.

Although now that I say that, Japan was already an emerging power following it's defeat of the Russian Empire just over a decade earlier so there is still a possibility for Japan to become a thorn in the side of the European Powers and the US when it came to the question of control of resources in the Pacific.

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Have a friend who is convinced the world would be better for it. He makes a compelling argument.

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Your friend is probably correct.