That being the case, where did anyone get the right to complain about Germany's attempt to do the same using a fleet of U-boats?

Distance is time.

This is true. I know I'd never have made it through adolescence without some Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, or Metallica to help with the tough times. XD

Or time travel! XD

Regarding the heavier elements required: Just because we can't make definitive conclusions about this variable, doesn't make this argument invalid. The facts are the facts, whether we've nailed them down to our satisfaction or not. The rarity and processes required could make these elements extremely rare in the…

Israel probably would have been created eventually, regardless. Without the grim spectre of the Holocaust hanging over everything, however, relationships throughout the region would probably have turned out very differently.

Germany *might* have been able to attack directly, but you're right—it would have been a slaughter. Of course, it ended up being a slaughter anyway, but without the help of the Brits, the Belgians and (eventually), the US, Germany mights have held out long enough to make it work.

I think an even more interesting "what if" along those same lines would be: What if Germany had never agreed to give up on unrestricted submarine warfare to begin with. This was their policy early on, and they only changed it in order to placate the US. But, what if they had been able to blockade Britain as…

If Frederick III had lived another, say 20 years, the relationships between a number of the royal families would have been vastly different.

I believe you mean the Central Powers. The "Rome-Berlin Axis" of the Pact of Steel—from which the term Axis Powers was named—did not exist until 1939.