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Actually, no. 90% of the fighting in the first month of the war took place solely in Europe, and the only way this war ISN'T lasting 4 years is a French collapse at the Marne. If Paris falls, the French elan is broken, and they probably sign a peace treaty within a month. Lose a little more territory. Hate Germany a little more. Ironically, such a swift end to the war would also cut off any blame against the Jews for the result of the war.

Russia would have survived with an intact reputation as a juggernaut and the idiot they had for a King would have probably kept his position.

Britain, ironically, comes out the strongest. They still have the flat out best navy, they lose barely any troops, and they get sympathy in other nations for having stuck it out with the French and the Belgians. The best part is, they leave the Ottomans looking like utter fools.