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Imagine if Germany democratises early in the 20th century and manages to take up its position as a major power without a catastrophic war with France.
What would be the impact on the European colonial empires? Obviously the world wars were a huge catalyst for decolonisations, partly because the metropoles were bankrupted and partly because the impact of wars got subjugated populations more thinking about what they deserved. How much longer could they have lasted without these effects?