[Tokhtamish]

All these arguments pining for a German victory in 1914 assume that a victorious Germany would have used its victory wisely. In fact, it would have been a victory for the very worst in Germany. A swaggering, militaristic Germany would have been the insufferable bully of Europe, leading to decades of warfare before it collapsed as Napoleon's empire did.

[Decentralize]

A swaggering, militaristic Germany would have been the insufferable bully of Europe, leading to decades of warfare before it collapsed as Napoleon's empire did.

Maybe, but better than the defeat which yielded Nazism, yes?