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Probably, although my knowledge of the French Monarchial factions and aspirants at this time I am not well informed.

I'd imagine a trend towards Monarchy rather than against it; I could see a new French Kingdom or Empire Post-War, honestly.

Hindenburg had no real aspirations beyond what he thought necessary, so he would be an asset to the Crown. Ludendorff is impossible to speculate upon, but I doubt he would pose a real risk to the Crown.

Germany had a large lead in physics, and here would be so economically powerful I would have no doubt about it becoming the first nuclear power. With regards to H&L, it's a good question to which I have no answer. Hindenburg seems likely to retire as a Foch/Petain figure, while "L" is an open...

British control over India was achieved in a much shorter period than a century, really it was a process that took about 30 years to bring most of India under its control. Aiding the German effort is they want puppet states, rather than direct administration over Russia; economic deals, military...

Sure, but then neither does Germany; it's a process starting in 1914 and the balance of power between Germany and occupied Russia is more favorable. Perhaps, but I don't it was force a weak hand on occupation policies if a firmer one is needed. I was talking about WWII, but there's also a...

Forever? No, but then no Empire tends to be forever anyway too; Britain controlled India for about 150 years though. Adam Tooze directly notes the Reichstag had lost its ability to fully reign in the Army by 1918, and certainly the Social Democrats were powerless to stop the Hereo Genocide in...

Long lasting economic penetration of Eastern Europe could achieve the same, with far less authorities to deal with and again, on the most direct route from Germany. The difference between Russia and Germany is less than the difference between the UK and India. More specifically, in the case of...

Russia presents the most direct route and a single central authority, instead of a longer route via quite literally half a dozen countries, many of whom Germany has much less leverage over. Ludendorff's intention was to establish a Russian puppet government, which would be beholden to German...

Would be a cool idea, would love to see that. Or they could just secure the Trans-Siberian for that purpose.

If the BEF is retreating, they've destroyed 90% of their equipment in place per that planning which means they are a force that is basically small arms only. Can we really expect them to hold without artillery, among their other equipment? With the BEF out of the picture and the Americans still...

While I highly respect his expertise in terms of the military side of the equation, I do think he has allowed his focus on the German end to obscure the political and military conditions that would effect the Entente in this case. In particular, the comparison to WWII falls flat because, unlike...

Adam Tooze in The Wages of Destruction gives us an idea of what an Imperial German win would come to look like in general terms: In the twentieth century the future of the balance of power in Europe would be defined in large part by the relationship of the competing interests in Europe to the...

In early 1918, the German Empire would launch its last series of offensives on the Western Front, although all are collectively referred to in the singular under the umbrella term of the "Spring Offensive". The German effort was the beneficiary of the collapse of the Russians, allowing the...