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Originally Posted by ShadoWarrior
Yes, it is. One has to wonder how WW1 would have turned out if there had been no American intervention. Had there been a negotiated peace there would never have been a Nazi Germany to feed off of the resentment of what the Allies forced upon Germany. Without a Nazi Germany how would Europe have fared once Stalin finished screwing up Russia? Would he have attacked westwards without having a hated target like Nazi Germany to focus upon? Japan would likely not have needed to resort to attacking the USA or CSA. Would Stalin, free to devote all his attention to Japan, have left Japan alone to wage war on China? Doubtful.
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America's involvement in WW1 has always been over-estimated. By the time America entered the war, Germany had shot her bolt. America helped make the Germans realise this but even without the Americans WW1 would not of lasted past 1919 at best.
However the concept of a negotiated peace is interesting. Without America to drive the final nail into Germany's coffin they may of been able to negotiate, considering they had already finished their war on the Eastern front. Hitler could not of risen to power without the humiliation of Germany, a negotiated peace without the crippling war indemnity that came from the post-war treaty may of turned Germany into a post-war democracy similar to France and the UK.
WW2 may well of been an alliance of Germany, France and the Uk against Stalin. Without a Japanese attack to push either American state into armed conflict they probably wouldn't bother getting involved at all, taking a wait and see approach to the continent.