> Ferguson saying that we should have let Germany take Europe.

Many of us fail to see what good that would have done, other than to shorten this particular war while leaving leave a fully militarized, emboldened Germany and Austria astride northwest, central, eastern, and southeastern Europe.

And perhaps "Hitler" would have been French, with a grudge against the UK and with German, Austrian, and Turkish allies. Or British, with a grudge against the politicians who stabbed the Empire in the back by letting Germany win without a fight.

Who knows? History would have been very different, but not necessarily any better or more peaceful. Hypotheticals tell us nothing.