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1. I know this one has been raised a few times in various forms & is shot down or dies fairly quickly, but is it possible? The various factors that came together in the following decades to 1919 returned Europe slowly to prosperity & political stability. Is there any single PoD that might start a cascade of different events that result in a general European war during the 20th Century?
The two items that are usually held up are: Some sort of Facist or monarchist takeover of Germany or France; or the USSR becoming serious with a desire to export revolution to Europe.
Any opinions here?
2. The usual motivation behind this question is what would such a war be like. Opinions on that are welcome as well.
My take is based mostly on the Asian war of 1937-40. That conflict is often dismissed as not representative in detail, but I dont buy that.