Opinion of Kaiser Willhelm II

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If he had won WWI, WWII and the Bolshevik revolution would never have happened.

Well that depends on exactly when and how he won.

A swift German victory in 1914 may in hindsight been the best possible outcome of the war.

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If he had won WWI, WWII and the Bolshevik revolution would never have happened.

Uh, Kaiser Wilhelm doesn't win without the Bolshevik Revolution knocking Russia out of the war.

A German victory in WW1 would be better than IRL just because there'd be no Nazis, but it'd still be pretty bad. Germany was a military dictatorship by 1917 that was drowning in war debt. The only way it could stave off total economic collapse (like IRL) would be totally pillage Eastern Europe and France in a treaty infinitely worse than Versailles, which it totally would do.

Europe would thus be an economic basketcase, totally cut-off from the rest of the world too, with Germany as only somewhat less disastrous than its neighbors (who will likely despise Germany).

It would also be bordered by the Soviet Union.

This is true if Germany wins late in the war, but what if they knock out France in 1914? Russia would probably make peace and the UK would be basically forced to end the war.

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