Holey moley this is a massive butterfly farm.Basically if the Christmas Truce during WW I spiraled out of control and caused entire divisions to simply refuse to fight, would it end the war prematurely?
If it did end the war what would the world look like years later?
Well if you don't want to tackle the butterflies, would it end the war prematurely?
I think any such attempt would result in mass executions of 'deserters'. The World Powers will have to follow the future Soviet model: if you make your soldiers more afraid of you than of the enemy, they'll fight.
That's a bit of a myth, the "Soviet model" mostly failed to decrease the rate of desertion and surrender; in fact it exponentially increased during 1942 due to poor rations and pay, costly battles, constant defeats, and indifferent officers. Only after battles started being won did desertion decrease.
Only if the Germans are going to pack up and go home...
The point is to get across soldiers' minds that the enemy might kill them if they fight, but their own army will kill them if they don't.
The Christmas Truce was orders of magnitude away from open mutiny. It was essentially a contituation of temporary ceasefires between soldiers, particularly during major shared holidays, which has gone on for millenia. As soon as the season ended they went right back to killing each other.
I think any such attempt would result in mass executions of 'deserters'. The World Powers will have to follow the future Soviet model: if you make your soldiers more afraid of you than of the enemy, they'll fight.