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Verganza had mentioned this in the last thread and I find it a curious question so I thought I would throw it out there.
I suspect holding acquired territories would be a nightmare (somewhat like a certain middle east conflict today). But what of other results? Would WWII have happened sooner? Would it have been avoided? Remember also that Germany had not been defeated in Africa and could have made a lot of strong trade/political alliances there too if it won the war. Africa would have been sources for natural and stategic resources. That would have really changed the outlook of WWII if it were to happen.
I'm curious of other opinions and thoughts. How about it?
What do you mean by "Germany had not been defeated in Africa"? IIRC, they were run out of Afrika by the British 8th Army in 1943.
I just read the novel "Fatherland" which describes exactly that situation, Germany won. Very interesting although fiction of course.
If Germany won WWI there is a good chance that they would've become followers of Lenin and Marx in the 1920s'.
It could have been horrifying to find Germany in an alliance with the Soviet Union. If NSDAP did not gain power and the communist party gained control of the country WW2 might not have happened but if it did the results would have been horrible for the free world. The "cold war" resulting from such a strong alliance would be extremely tense to say the least.
I just read the novel "Fatherland" which describes exactly that situation, Germany won. Very interesting although fiction of course.
If Germany won WWI there is a good chance that they would've become followers of Lenin and Marx in the 1920s'.
I would argue that a German victory in WW1 would have stopped Communism dead in it's tracks. If Germany had won, the Hohenzollerns would have undoubtedly have remained on the throne. Wilhelm was an authoritarian and a reactionary, and would have had a large, conservative and victorious army with which to enforce his will.
Would a German victory in the First world War have implications that bettered the world situation for the rest of the century? Especially without the revolution in Russia and its more famous counter-revolution led by Lenin? Also the NSDAP most likely unable to gain power due to the nonexistance of the treaty that crushed Germany?
Would a German victory in the First world War have implications that bettered the world situation for the rest of the century?
Taking this one step further -who is to say that there would not have been a 2nd world war? Perhaps naceant fascistic organizations would have come instead from countries like France and the UK?? It's not entirely impossible, but France still seething over that fact that Alsace and Lorraine were still in German hands after that massive loss of human lives?