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in 1909 (ish), Franz Haber discovered how to produce ammonia via industrial techniques to limit the importation of fertilizer from South America into Germany. His success during this time is what is credited to have kept Germany fed during the first three quarters of World War I by enabling Germany to continue to grow the food she required.

Lets say for some reason, Haber does not discover how to produce Ammonia in vast quantities needed by the German agriculture industry for whatever reason. Once World War I breaks out and Germany is blockaded by the Entente, she begins to suffer from the lack of food produced. What will this do to the overall war; will it end World War I faster (through the starvation of Germany), possibly before the fall of Russia and the entering of America into the war? Would the peace treaty made by the Entente be less harsh? Let's hear the ideas :)
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