Given a chance would you kill baby Hitler?

[abaris]

Given the very narrow balances and jealousies of the Great Powers in the early 20th century, I think that war would have broken out sooner or later. Indeed, it was narrowly averted a couple of times leading up to the actual outbreak.

Sooner or later being the operative word here. Also, consider the fundamental irony of that war. Wilhelm being a grandson of Queen Victoria, sitting at her deathbed. And as supposed by some WWI apologists, it never was a war between democracy and tyranny. All the countries involved had their parliaments. All the countries involved had their imperial ambitions. It was the last of the imperial wars. Noone had the superioriority of morals on their side. They all wanted to get even with another nation or they wanted to further their influence or they wanted to prevent another nation to get the upper hand.

Entirely futile among all the futile wars of history. Detremental to the further development of the 20th cnetury.