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World War One wasn't as black and white as the second world war as Germany and its allies weren't stark raving evil as they were with the Nazis in WW2. Germany was basically just a reactionary monarchy who's leader Kaiser Wilhelm was an absolute monarch but to my knowledge not a genocidal megalomaniac. The same was true of the Austro-Hungarian and other Central powers. When the Allies won WW1 it was basically the death knell for the old reactionary monarchies of Russia, Prussia, Austria Hungary, and the old Ottoman Empire. What took their place was absolutely horrifying, fascism and communism. Russia during the war underwent a revolution which replaced its monarchy with the Communist Soviet Union which is responsible for countless millions of deaths and its poisonous communist ideology inspired many other regimes throughout the future such as in China and Cambodia which led to what would be known as the bloody century. In Germany in reaction to the humiliation they suffered in losing the first world war they turned to the brutal ideology of National Socialism and possibly the most evil man who had ever lived Adolf Hitler who started World War 2 and killed millions of Jews, Roma, gays etc.

My point is to ask, did the wrong side win WW1? Could Hitler have been averted with a victorious Germany? Would the victorious Germans have smothered Communism in its Russian cradle? Would the world have been better off if Germany won WW1? I have no agenda in asking this question as I'm an American whos side won the first world war. I'm genuinely curious if the horrors of the 20th century could've been averted by a CP victory. Some questions I have. What would an ascendant Germany in the 20th century mean for the rest of the century, would it be a good thing or bad thing? What is the fate of communism in this scenario? As far as I'm concerned if soviet style Marxism crushed for good its a win. Would the nuclear bomb be invented and a cold war be averted without a WW2? What would be the state of colonialism and racism in this world as I'd imagine that this would be a huge negative from a German victory. Is the continued existence of the Ottoman Empire and Austro Hungarian Empire a good thing or bad thing over all for the peoples they rule over? Any thoughts on this matter?
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