NHBL said:
Heligoland was a British posession fpr a time, transfered to Germany in 1890 in exchange for Zanzibar. Suppose that Britain had retained and fortified the island. What would happen in 1914?
Hmm, so Germany still has Zanzibar ? That would make the war in East Africa quite interesting ! I would also expect there to be one or two more warships there than in OTL, perhaps some of the sloop cruisers of the Geier class, or a gunboat or two
As for Heligoland, its possession IMHO will mean that the RN never abandons the practise of close blockade
However, I would think the fact that Heligoland has remained British will have had severe and long-term impacts on German war plans. Assuming that Tirpitz's fleet still gets built, the repurcussions of this require me to study a map !
Grey Wolf
btw check out Tom B's new 'Operation Unicorn' post at :-
http://pub188.ezboard.com/falternatehistoryfictoryfrm7
Methinks you will like it