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For the purposes of discussion, let's say that Herr Haber and Herr Bosch never discover the Haber process (which converts gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen into liquid ammonia). Without the ability to artificially synthesize ammonia, Germany will be unable to produce nitrate based explosives without access to natural deposits of saltpeter (the largest of which during the era was located in Chile).

Would Germany risk war if her war industry was constrained by a dependence upon Chilean nitrates, which is sure to be cut off by a British imposed blockade? And if she did risk war, how long would she last without the Chilean nitrates (and without the ability to produce ammonia synthetically)?
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