In a better world, the Allies weren't so tough with Germany after WW1, Tsar Nicholas wasn't an incompetent Emperor (Militarily), Hitler got accepted into art school, Stalin became a priest as his mother intended, Gallipoli was a success which freed British, French, and Russian troops in the eastern front which could have been used in the western front.
The Meiji constitution wasn't written in such a way that the military didn't have dominance over the civilian government. Hirohito, being more courageous, would be more assertive in his rule and prevent the military from invading and occupying Manchuria without his consent. (He was actually more of a pacifist but because the military had control of the government; he and his family were more like prisoners in their own empire.)
They should definitely let you have the time machine, my plan would've been a US-German-Ottoman WW1.5 Victory followed by the mysterious killings of several otherwise historical figures and also a nuclear detonation or three to scare the shit out of everyone for a purpose I'm sure I could articulate if I had a few hours
In a way the first world war would still happen, due to the generation then being born in a period of relative peace (Pax Britannia) and the old generation that enforced that peace, because they've witnessed the horrors of the Napoleonic wars, we're dead or dying. If I traveled back in time, I can only influence events in such a way that the first world war would end rather quickly; but that would mean that the colonial powers would still be strong (Relative to other nations) and with likely growing unrest in their colonies due to war and the desire for independence, would form an alliance to keep themselves in power. Yours might actually be better, the people who would see the mushroom clouds would see it as God smiting the wicked, calling for peace, and end all hostilities.
Well, that kinda is the point of the nukes, in my plan. A glimpse into how terrible things could be of people keep looking for reasons to kill eachother. Let humanity look to the skies and see a common enemy, at worst.
People don't like to admit it, but atomic bombs did more for prolonged peace than anything else in history. Nevermind the tech advances of the 20th.
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People don't like to admit it, but atomic bombs did more for prolonged peace than anything else in history. Nevermind the tech advances of the 20th.