A German collapse before Christmas leaves Japan little time to conduct the familiar siege of Tsingtao and prevents much of the fighting in Africa. Gallipoli never occurs, so the war's defining failed landing is replaced in military memory by a fleet-supported operation in the Channel. The apparent lesson would be that amphibious warfare demands command of an exceptionally powerful fleet. Russia also emerges from a short victorious war without the same prolonged casualties and internal strain, sharply altering the political consequences associated with 1917.
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A short war changes Japan, Russia, and amphibious doctrine
Victory before 1915 removes familiar campaigns in Asia, Africa, and Gallipoli while teaching a very different lesson about amphibious operations.