That’s just it though. Creaking empires would remain as would the politics and a...

tgv · 2024-09-12T20:44:45.000000Z

I think that explosion would have been enough to set off WW1.

gregopet · 2024-09-13T15:07:38.000000Z

I mean Franz Ferdinand would still probably be killed, so..

bloopernova · 2024-09-12T19:05:02.000000Z

Japan and the USSR would start separate expansionist wars. Germany would probably have some form of Nazi party in charge.

Don't know if there would be an actual Axis, but WW2 in the Pacific might be very similar to the original timeline.

lostlogin · 2024-09-12T23:41:22.000000Z

The USSR and Nazi Germany were due (in part) to WW1. Its an interesting thought exercise.