What Germany Planned to Do After Winning WW1

The show is on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 What if Germany had won WW1 in 1914? An early victory could have spared millions, disrupted Hitler’s rise and prevented the Soviet Union we know. But the world that emerged might have faced dangers of its own... Let's explore how close Germany came, what its leaders wanted, and how a different outcome could have changed the twentieth century. Join my Substack, where the ideas go further than YouTube lets me take them: https://michaelbutton.substack.com/ Follow the show on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!! Follow me on X: https://x.com/MichaelButtonX Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbuttonx/ Sources: - French government leaves Paris, 1914: http://www.gwpda.org/1914/parisbye.html - First Battle of the Marne: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne - German planning and the Schlieffen Plan: https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwi/schlieffenplan https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/what-was-the-schlieffen-plan https://www.britannica.com/event/Schlieffen-Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war/outbreak/schlieffen-plan - Battle of the Yser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yser - Russian invasion of East Prussia, 1914: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_East_Prussia_(1914) - Von Kluck’s advance and the Battle of the Marne: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2891/first-battle-of-the-marne/ - Germany’s September Programme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemberprogramm - Fate of Nicholas II and the Romanov family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Romanov_family - Germany’s role in Lenin’s return to Russia: https://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-got-the-russian-revolution-off-the-ground/a-41195312 - October Revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk - Great Depression in Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_Germany - Ottoman entry into WW1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_entry_into_World_War_I