An interesting point. The controlling issue in that regard would have been what result in the pre-WWI landscape of Europe had England been able to avoid the necessity of the various defense treaties, etc. that embroiled it in the struggle.
The immediate benefits: the struggle would likely have been resolved much earlier; England would not have been bankrupted; there would have been no reason for U.S. involvement.
There is the argument by some that the U.S. was a large financial supporter of England and became actively involved only when it reasonably appeared Germany might win the war. There is also the argument that the spread of communism would have been greatly impeded had Germany been a victor.
Anyone have a reading list on this point?
Odds are if Britain stayed out, even if it resulted in a German victory: No Hitler, No Holocaust, No Bolsheviks.
Of course, some different kind of evil may have emerged, but we’ll never know.
I recently visited The Imperial War Museum in London, and spent hours at the WWI exhibition, the whole time I couldn’t help thinking about what a waste it all was.
I could see the necessity of WWII, but WWI still makes no sense to me.