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Originally Posted by David Johnston2
Of course the answer is "Let the United States go to war with Britain, and (with the help of the German High Seas Fleet) win) Britain won't back down even more than it would in 1812.
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I actually don't think this is a potential win for the German-American navies. I expect what you actually get is an even more drawn out and nasty war that ends with everybody's governments falling regardless of who "won" - that almost happened anyway - Russia and all the Central Powers actually did collapse, the UK had more trouble with Irish Partition and women's suffrage, Italy went fascist in 1922, the US, UK and France all had serious looking socialist and right wing incidents that tend to be forgotten now since they failed. An Anglo-American front that makes the war longer, wider, and more economically disastrous for the places that got off rather lightly in the original history isn't going to make that better. Though I guess if you're optimistic about socialism you could spin that into a better future in the long run.