WI: Entente Victory, no Nazi Germany and/or Soviet Union

What possible events or divergences could happen so that the Entente wins in the Great War but the rise of Hitler and his Nazis is prevented?

Alternatively, what if the rise of the Soviet Union is prevented? Obviously in many ways the world is better off, but how and what can happen?
 
Teddy Roosevelt wins the 1912 presidential election and has the USA enter ww1 in 1915 which helps the Russian Tsar (or kerensky) to survive and prevents the soviet union. War ends between 1916-1917.
 
- No Ottoman Empire in WW1:
Bulgaria remains neutral as well so Serbia keeps its resistence to Austria-Hungary high.
The Russians keep getting their supplies through the Straits keeping Russians breathing a little longer.

But this needs something more...

- US intervention in 1915/1916 at earliest. With the US intervention, and likely an Italian intervention, Austria-Hungary can likely not deal with the pressure as Serbia is still active + Russians keeping up in Galicia + Italians declaring War. As soon as Vienna is out, Germany is surrounded.

Now even in this scenario, the Russians are not save from Civil War. It can go either way. But the shorter the war, the less damage so less war reparation than OTL. Austria-Hungary may or may not survive but smaller. Hungary however will lose territory to Serbia and Romania in peace making it more likely to leave. Austria with Bohemia-Moravia and Slovenia will survive. The biggest question is Poland. Will Russia be allowed to return to pre-1914 borders? They are victorious but even an open straits are no guarantee to keep the Germans out of Poland, Lithuania and Courland.
 
What possible events or divergences could happen so that the Entente wins in the Great War but the rise of Hitler and his Nazis is prevented?

Alternatively, what if the rise of the Soviet Union is prevented? Obviously in many ways the world is better off, but how and what can happen?

The first is easy: Kill Hitler during his coup attempt (he barely survived) in 1923. The Nazis either splinter into the Völkisch movement or become "revolutionary" under the leadership of the "left" wing (Goebbels and the Strasser brothers).

The second is more complicated: Even if WW1 would end in March 1917, the Bolsheviks have still many chances to rise: The industrial backwardness of Russia, the land question and the crumbling state of Russia.
 
I think the Romanovs being overthrown during WWI is likelier than not, but the Bolsheviks only took power partly because Germany helped send Lenin back. Without that, perhaps we see a non-Soviet, republican Russia?
 
If Russia pulls off stalemate in their East Prussia campaign in 1914 instead of horrific defeat we can have Russia in a better position. Just put a little pressure on Germany and avoid large numbers of men being captured, they probably can’t realistically win but don’t have to get embarrassed. Russia can slow down their military collapse and generally lose territory at a slower rate the next few years and they can thus drain the CPs a little more, which can cause a break through somewhere.

If France actually uses an effective defensive minded strategy in 1914 they can avoid losing as much land. They might even prevent Germany from capturing Belgium nitrates. More industry and manpower in Entente hands and less in German can enable the amount of pressure put on the CPs each year to increase and result in an earlier CP defeat.

If the Ottoman Empire stays neutral, the Allies are saved numerous fronts (Caucasus, Gallipoli, ME, Bulgaria) and Bulgaria stays neutral. Russia also gets greater access to global markets.

If Bulgaria is convinced to join the Entente, we can get the Ottoman Empire knocked out and Serbia secure, ensuring the above.

If Romania and Greece cut to the chase earlier due to timely deaths, they could join the Entente earlier. Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empires probably either join the Entente or stay neutral, and risk getting overrun if they join the CP.

If America joins the war much earlier. This could scare Bulgaria or even the Ottomans if early enough into neutrality. A tighter blockade is implemented and America manpower can ensure a win by 1917 if nothing else.
 
Maybe Hitler dies in the Trenches and Lenin dies on the train from Switzerland. The Whites win out in Russia and inevitably and painfully transition to a genuine republic after the civil war.

Meanwhile Germany (sans Hitler) experiences a period of unrest following the war but the center holds and Weimar limps along, eventually aligning itself with Russia?
 
You just need somehow end the war before 1917 so no rise of Bolsheviks which too makes Hitler's rise more difficult. Even better if you kill Hitler during WW1.

Perhaps neutral Ottomans or succesful Gallipoli.
 
Did you also want to include preventing Mussolini's rise in Italy and/or the militarists' rise in Japan? In a previous thread, other users mentioned that stopping Mussolini was easy; with the government and/or the monarchy needing only to call Mussolini's bluff or some incident occurring that forces their hands. For Japan, I read in old threads that the POD has to begin in 1905, immediately following the Russo-Japanese War (when the military's influence over Japanese politics outweighed the civilians); and also the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1921, on the condition that Japan leave the Chinese mainland alone (the termination of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance had adverse effects on Japan's economy). They say that without the Japanese Invasions of Manchuria and China, the Nationalists/Kuomintang would have defeated the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War, but with the USSR butterflied, there probably is no Chinese Communist Party.

I wonder what major changes would take place if Germany, Italy, and Japan never became Fascist and China and Russia never became Communist. Is there even a World War II like we knew in OTL? If there is a second world war, what alternate alliances take shape? Would a Theodore Roosevelt victory in 1912 result in a Democratic victory in 1916 or after? Charles Evans Hughes probably remains as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
 
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Now even in this scenario, the Russians are not save from Civil War. It can go either way. But the shorter the war, the less damage so less war reparation than OTL. Austria-Hungary may or may not survive but smaller. Hungary however will lose territory to Serbia and Romania in peace making it more likely to leave. Austria with Bohemia-Moravia and Slovenia will survive. The biggest question is Poland. Will Russia be allowed to return to pre-1914 borders? They are victorious but even an open straits are no guarantee to keep the Germans out of Poland, Lithuania and Courland.
Why would there be a civil war? This requires a Bolshevik revolution, which is not at all likely if the war is won early.
 
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