It was a deliberate distortion made to earn sympathy and to create a false impression. It just wasnt a seriously derived number.
There just wasnt a massive death toll from the forced relocations. It was from the general suffering from a war the Germans had started of their own free will.
As...
The reality remains:
If Germany mobilizes, France must mobilize
If France mobilizes, Germany must strike West
The Germans instructed their ambassador to inquire if France wanted to remain neutral. If they did, the German ambassador was instructed to demand Verdun and Toul as guarantee of...
The September program would have reduced France to a tribute paying colony. Territory isnt the uktimate objective but world domination
Which disrupts the German political balance.
Without the Austrians drawing off four Russian armies and the Polish salient safe from a pincer attack, the...
To get it, they counted:
Anyone who could speak German as German even if they spoke Polish or Yiddish at home.
The Germans who died fleeing to Nazi Germany to escape the advancing Red Army. (They were "expelled" because they couldnt return)
Those who died during the war.
Those who died of...
If the Ottomans join the Entente, which is the premise of this thread, Egypt and Russia are safe.
Ludendorff and Churchill both thought Ottoman entry extended the war by about two years. I'd argue that's the minimum.
Its a million plus. Its not all at once. Casualties add up over a long war. There are also the support triops that would be far in the rear.
Finally, the Russians had to defend the Black Sea. Manning those fortresses ate up a lot of manpower.
Anyone suggesting Italy joins the Central...
The Russians "promised" an independent Poland united with Russia only in the person of the Tsar.
In reality, that means the Russians would crush any independent Poland and make it a legal fiction. Annexing to the Oder is likely their idea.
Why? the Russians and the Ottomans would have better...
We know that now but its hard to see how the Germans would see it that way. They came close to winning it all.
If they let Austria be crushed, they would be sandwiched between a very powerful Russia and a vengeful France with no hope of success
Germany would become a mere Russian protectorate.
And the population of Russia?
180 million
And why was the "strike" so widespread?
The trolleys weren't running and people couldnt get to work.
And why were the trolleys not running?
Because the trolley workers were on strike demanding protection from rock throwers.
We've been through...
There's a lot of similarities between Russia and Latin America economies especially before the Japanese War. Tight money, heavy tariffs and borrowing abroad.
After 1906 they switch emphasis to agriculture and peasant crafts. There are a host of internal reforms that were greatly expanding...
That is not the consensus among Russian historians. The wave of strikes is greatly exaggerated.
They were highly concentrated in a few industries.
Most were short- a few hours at most.
The Okharna used an extremely loose definition of "political strike". None of them were aimed at changing...
The British had used the Triple Alliance as a negotiating chip. They would promote the alliance's interests to bring pressure on France or Russia and then sell them out.
The Kaiser grew tired of the game and repaid the favor promoting Anglo Russian tension.
It was but what else could they do...
The British arent offering any territory and the Ottomans wouldnt believe them if they did. But trade concessions, the end of the capitulations and money are feasible and believable.
Ottoman neutrality is of the greatest importancw to the Russians. The Russians will have to make the most...
They might take something from Bulgaria but I dont see the Bulgarians joining if the Ottomans are out
They might take some of what they lost to Bulgaria if the Bulgarians join.. The Ottomans arent looking for territory but financial and trade concessiond
An Alt WWII isnt a given and it could...
The Ottomans dont have to actually join the Entente and except for Bulgaria, they had no border with the CP.
But Ottoman neutrality is worth a lot and the Entente is willing to pay a tidy sum. They offered to end the capitulations for example.
The benefit of joining the Entente is that the...