How would German society and culture be affected over the years if Germany had won WW1?
depends exactly when they win the war, a 1914 would be very different to say 1916/17
Germany would probably become somewhat more liberal in the 1920s, and more democratic, maybe even on the way to parliamentary democracy
after the wall street crash though its possible a dictatorship of some form could emerge, probably not a fascist one, but a corporatist style one
Would the Crash even occur with a CP victory? After 1915/16, I'm not sure that the French and British would be able to replay their loans to the Americans without German Reparations, which would have an impact on the US economic situation in the '20s.
If Germany wins, Britain and France will be unable to repay their lines to the US. So yeah, thats bad news for US bankers. Also, Germany didn't succumb to Communist revolution after losing; I doubt a revolution will happen after a victory.
If its before the US enters the war the US bankers have French and British collateral, so if they don't repay they forfeit it.If Germany wins, Britain and France will be unable to repay their lines to the US. So yeah, thats bad news for US bankers. Also, Germany didn't succumb to Communist revolution after losing; I doubt a revolution will happen after a victory.
All loans up to the DoW were secured of Allied property/investments in America, so the lenders would not have lost heir money. Unsecured loans were made only after the US declared war, and wouldn't have happened otherwise.
Also, I've heard it argued that it was the promotion of huge tranches of war bonds in 1917-18 that accustomed ordinary Americans to buying bonds, shares etc. If that is true, then without it you probably don't get the frenetic buying of 1928, which led to the bubble bursting the following year.
A nation's society is at least partially moulded by its neighbours, and the big one here is Russia, do they go through a revolution?