Texel: The Death Ride of the High Sea Fleet.
The last, desperate and totally unnecessary final mission of the Kaiserliche Marine that resulted in the largest naval surface action in history; the most costly of days for the Royal Navy and United States Navy; and the sacrifice of the High Sea...
Hmm... many reasonable folk reckon Yamamoto would have been hanged if he had survived on the basis of the execution of the survivors from USS Edsall, supposedly killed because the Combined Fleet took an age to sink their old destroyer.
As a previous member has posted, Admiral Makarov & the Petropavlosk are not blown up by a mine. With the Japanese still losing two battleships to the same cause, and a commander who outshone Vitgeft, and who would stand up to the Viceroy, the Russians would have a well-led fleet that outnumbered...
The Great Powers expected "some damned thing in the Balkans" to spark a war that would drag in Austria-Hungary &/or Russia and then the rest...
At some stage the Balkan League in some form or another would see Ottoman strength ebb away and seize their chance.
Quoting myself seems very narcissistic but...
When the commentators say "No-one wants to see disgraceful scenes like this" all true football fans are "Yes, get on with it, kick each other up in the air!"
Assuming that Britain effectively withdraws from WW1 rather than suffer a massive naval defeat, or succumb to USW, or mislay some colonies...
France, having lost twice to Germany in 45 years, will burn for revenge but will not be able to do anything on their own.
Russia would have the ability...
Ah yes, OTL Portuguese against the Dutch survives. One of the most enjoyable football matches I have had the pleasure to watch. Not, of course, involving your own team - these are much more fun when you are a neutral!
Ah - I see. My apologies.
No USW does give Germany a greater chance. As does delayed USW, but IMHO only marginally, as the later US entry will remove the bankruptcy issues for Britain (at least until after the war!) and given how long the US build-up took I suspect the Entente will hold on...