User:Shadowboxer2005/Hypothetical Imperial German victory in World War I

A hypothetical Imperial German victory in World War I (1914–1918) is a common topic in speculative fiction and alternate history where the German Empire, and presumably the other Central Powers members of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire, achieve victory over the Allied (Entente) Powers. Typically such scenarios involve a full implementation of the Septemberprogramm, partially realized in real life with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in Eastern Europe, and a defeated France undergoing a revolution so as to eventually get revenge for their humiliation, in a similar vein to Nazi Germany. Other common tropes in such scenarios include the White movement winning the Russian Civil War due to Central Powers intervention, and a Second World War breaking out against a German-dominated Europe and another revanchist state.

Generally, such works have Imperial German victory achieved by the United States never joining the war, allowing the French Army mutinies to succeed in forcing a surrender, or a failed offensive succeeding.

Works involving Imperial German victory

 * Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series (also known as Timeline-191) has the Central Powers win World War I due to the United States joining on their side. Earlier novels in the series involved the Confederacy winning the American Civil War after diplomatic pressure from France and Britain, permanently damaging the U.S.' relations with both countries, and seeing it drift towards the German Empire as their new friend. The Confederates, on the other hand, join the Allies as the war ravages the U.S. mainland, as well as an invasion of Canada due to them also being aligned with the Entente.
 * Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg, a mod of Hearts of Iron IV (2016) has the Central Powers win the war and France and the United Kingdom undergo syndicalist revolutions while the governments evacuate elsewhere, particularly the British monarchy to Canada. Africa is left under near-complete German control, America teeters on the brink of a second civil war due to a rise in extremist ideologies, and China is left disunited and now under invasion of Japan. Many community members and critics have praised Kaiserreich for being one of the most in-depth mods in the game's history.
 * 1920: America's Great War has Germany victorious in the First Battle of the Marne allowing them to take Paris, before launching a surprise invasion of the United States from Mexico in 1920, with Robert Lansing as president. After their failure to invade the U.S., they are forced to sue for peace after the Soviet Union launches an invasion of East Prussia. It is based on the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany proposed Mexico an invasion of the U.S. so as to distract them from supplying the Entente in January 1917, only to be intercepted by Britain and spur America to declare war on them three months later.
 * Curious Notions, another book by Harry Turtledove and the second one in the Crosstime Traffic series has Germany successfully invade America in the 1950s after defeating Britain and France in two separate global conflicts, before restoring the monarchies of Brazil, China, and Portugal. Uncle Alf, also by Turtledove, sees Adolf Hitler after the end of the Great War in pursuit of communist agitator Jacques Doriot.