Would it have been better if Imperial Germany had won WWI?

Question

Considering the "unpleasentness" that happened just over 20 years later a German victory may have prevented that. Would it have prevented WWII, or would maybe the USSR have started troubles down the road?

Answer 1

We're going to get blasted on this one because few people know the difference between the Germany of that day and Nazi Germany.

The fact is that had the powers allied themselves differently in that senseless war, the world would be very different today. The Germany of that day was a great country.

I could never espouse that Britain lose that war or any war thereafter, but if we could turn back time and put Germany on the winning side (which would mean they were allied with Britain), it would be a good thing.

Or perhaps even if the clock was turned back and they adjusted their warplans so that France was not attacked or involved, it would have kept it from becoming a world war, involving Britain and the US.

Answer 2

A German victory in WWI would not prevent ugliness. It would just take a different form. WWII happened because of several reasons, one of which was that Germany was asked to make payments to compensate victors for WWI expenses, and the payments were wrecking the economy. If Germany had won the war, the losers would have been similarly mistreated, and would be vulnerable to a dictator like Hitler.

As for USSR, Russian communism had been active before WWI. I believe that history would be different, but that communism would still be dominant within a generation.

WWII happened because WWI left a lot of instability around. A German victory would still leave instability around, in a different form. WWII would still happen, for different reasons.

Answer 3

Maybe if they could have secured a truce and called it a draw. It was the harshness of the Treaty of Versailles that sowed the seeds of poverty and discontent that laid the groundwork for Nazism.
The best option of all would have been no Great War at all. The rout of the Russian Tsar's 1st and 2nd Army at Tannenberg set the stage for the Bolshevism that cast a pall over the world for the next 70 years.

The real eerie parallel with us today is Austria. A "Multicultural" nation who started the war on a pretext of reprisals against radicals in another country. That war left the Austrian Empire dismantled and the ancient Habsburg crown destroyed. The largest nation in Europe was reduced to the tiny state it remains today. All stemming from one shocking attack.

Answer 4

Many. European imperialism was the basic cause of WWI. The war was started by Austro-Hungary's imperial ambitions in the Balkans. The empire was gradually decaying, and it needed to prove that it was a modern state and military power, or the smaller countries that were part of it might try to seceede. Austria-Hungary was backed by Germany, which was a rising imperial power which wanted to prove itself. Against the two was Russia, which was also a decaying empire and under threat of revolution, which needed a war to keep the population loyal, France, which had a thriving overseas empire but felt threatened by Germany and wanted to keep it in check, and britain which wanted to restore the balance of power in Europe so it could get back to ruling India.

Answer 5

The unjust of the Treaty of Versallies was the reason for ww2. I personally wish Britain accepted the peace offer Imperial Germany made in ww1, instead of deciding to crush them over nothing.

Answer 6

For Prussian Germany, yes, but, eventually they would have had to have had a go against the communists, who were in exsistence from the late 1890s and whos views would have been in contradiction to the Prussian Colonial views of serfdom and power.

Simple but true.

Answer 7

german is a crazy country ,but germany is good !

Answer 8

Would of, could of, should of who cares?

Answer 9

nobody knows