well, did we win?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Sure but what if we hadnt got involvd and France and other countries were annexed. It would have only been a matter of time until Russia ramped up and went to war with Germany again and with the Germans so spread out most likely constantly putting out fires from the underground which wouldnt have been so happy with being taken over they might have actually lost. Would Russian control of Europe be a positive? Obviously hypo's but it isnt a given that germany would have sucessfully ruled Europe peacefully. As a matter of fact you could argue that there might have been multiple wars.

thats the thing...no real way of knowing how things would have gone on from ww one. russia didnt really start exerting real power til after the second war. they got out of ww one before the end and of course had their revolution. it took a whuile for them to become a world player again.
im not suggesting that germany shouldnt have had conditions at the end of ww one. but the harshness of those conditions are what ultimately lead to hitler, rearming, and invasion.
at any rate, interesting to speculate, altho of course it really is a useless exercise.