[Forgiven_Sinner]

I disagree with both, in the sense that the 20th century would have been just as bloody, in some other way. I'm not sure that communism wouldn't have erupted in Russia any way. I'm more sympathetic with Taki. Fukuyama is way off base to claim the 20th century would have been dominated by Germany had they conquered France. U.S. and U.K. would be unaffected.

The likeliest event would have been the Brit's still fighting Germany to a standstill in France until the U.S. forces hit like a ton of bricks. In other words, had the Germans won at the Somne, WW I would then be more like WW II, although maybe without a Dunkirk.

[M. Janssen]

The likeliest event would have been the Brit's still fighting Germany to a standstill in France until the U.S. forces hit like a ton of bricks. In other words, had the Germans won at the Somne, WW I would then be more like WW II, although maybe without a Dunkirk.

That is assuming that the US would participate in the war.

The US only joined the war in 1917. If Fukuyama is right there might not have been a war in 1917.