AHC: Have Britain lose WW1 and not become an aggressor in the TL's WW2

A brief war that goes from 1914 to 1915/early 1916. This way (while France gets screwed over) Great Britain loses no colonies. It begins to shun the rest of Europe for the most part, even as it burns during world war two.
 
A brief war that goes from 1914 to 1915/early 1916. This way (while France gets screwed over) Great Britain loses no colonies. It begins to shun the rest of Europe for the most part, even as it burns during world war two.
So why would Britain not lose colonies?
 
Because, while Britain loses on the continent for the most part (with the exception of some Belgian ports), it's navy can safeguard it's colonial holdings. Britain looses the war, but it still has it's Empire.

To add to this, Britain also probably wouldn't be too upset at losing some of it's colonies, particularly the less important ones. It was generally understood that the sacrifice of some colonial land tended to be a routine bargaining chip in the negotiation process and such territories were swapped around all the time in the settlements of various wars.
 
Bonus points if you have Central Powers America in the alt ww1

Britain is slower to join and the Germans win the race to the sea and then capture Paris and the whole shooting match is done and dusted by Christmas 1914.

So Britain does not really get that involved on the continent - has a few early successes in the North Sea etc like OTL - is generally successful elsewhere but with France throwing in the towel there's not much Britain can do and so they and the CP eventually come to an agreement and end hostilities.

So going forwards Britain loses all faith in any future war with France as an Ally (fairly or unfairly) and within a few years relations and trading are normalised with the Greater German Empire

Having seen the horrific effects of modern weapons on man and having been spared he worse of it as the BEF was only able to deploy a relative handful of Divisions before the Germans and French arranged a Ceasefire once Paris was besieged and thus not suffering mass casualties.

British Policy becomes one of blissful isolation - reliant on the Royal Navy, its Empire and its vast trading fleet to stay neutral.

In 1933 Konrad Adenauer becomes President of the greater German Empire and begins his economic miracle guiding Germany into the 40s and making the decision to make a stand against communism which has swept Russia, France and Italy which has seen many smaller nations attacked and overrun in a series of small wars.

The final straw is when France and Italy intervenes in the Spanish Civil war and Russia invades the Eastern Ottoman Empire having already Annexed several Baltic states.

Greater Germany deploys troops to all 3 borders as well as sending what weapons, supplies, aircraft and 'volunteers' it could to the Ottomans.

Predictably it all goes to shit and Greater Germany finds itself fighting a 3 front war

The French try to prevent US ships from trading with Germany an are quite draconian about it and this riles up public opinion in the US made even worse when many of the war crimes in the East become public knowledge and soon despite being Neutral the Relatively small US Navy (while having a decent number of older Battleships it is low in Crusiers and Destroyers) is escorting convoys as far as the Jade and soon the US is at war with all 3 'Allied' nations.

A ground swell of pacifism among the British population as well as the Main parties keep Britain Neutral. The French Air Force with neary 3000 bombers all of which could bomb as far north as Manchester from French Airbases is also something that the British are aware of and until the Fighter Command arm of the Army Air Corps can get up to the required strength where they could prevent a bomber campaign from crippling British industry and causing mass casualties in British cities there was not much hope of Britain joining any continental clash of arms.
 
The Red wins the Russian Civil War as OTL. Trotsky succeeds Lenin. His SSR supports revolution worldwide. China becomes communist early.
 
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