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by Germanicus Nero » 14 Nov 2014, 09:46
I'm sorry to burst in, but this thread has been on my mind for some time.
A German 'win' in WW1 might well have had less serious consequences for Europe.
A magnanimous Kaiser Wilhelm could have been virtually guaranteed to offer much softer peace terms. An exchange of provinces and a smaller indemnity, considering Germany would have retained her fleet and been able to carve out more colonies.
The Kaiser was a relative of the British monarchy, so easy terms for Great Britain would have assured their survival, nay, assured their prosperity.
France might have been the cheif loser, but a magnanimous Kaiser would surely have seen to it that the French had a place in Europe.
In Russia, with a monarchic restoration impossible after Ekaterinberg, Austria and Germany may have deployed troops to quell the revolution. The ethnic minorities would side with the Central Powers, ensuring an end to Moscovite domination. Considering what came out of Russia, thats a bloody good thing.
Serbia and the Balkans a feifdom of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Not necessarily a bad thing. Austro-Hungary may have been ramshackle, but she was also a polygot empire full of ethnicity. a few more minorities would have enriched the brew, paid of the Hapsburg's debts, and lead to general stability in a region known for an absence of it.
And finally, picture Corporal Adolf Hitler, a German citizen, sitting in a sunny armchair, farting from rich food, dabbing a spot of paint contentedly as he draws watercolours of local buildings. He has finally qualified in a provincial Univercity, and with a degree in fine art and a soldier's pension, he contentedly whiles away his remaining days, as far away from politics and dominating europe as anybody is ever likely to be.
And the best thing? Germany was known as a PROTECTOR of Jewish people in Eastern Europe during WW1. With no blame to place, we have a Second Reich that soldiers on, with no final solution, no racial purity catching German imaginations, and best of all.....
Bloody Heinrich Himmler wasting away farming his chickens, and getting more and more nostalgic for that military career that will never be. I like that one particularly. Up to his knees in chickenshit, Heinrich will be where he should have been to start with, to stay there, a nothing for the rest of his days.