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If Italy joins the Germans in August 1914, the French are most likely defeated by the end of September. France originally deployed 6 divisions to the Alps and Moltke planned on the Italians freeing up two corps along the Rhine. The Italians could intercept some of the French forces coming from...

All military plans will eventually go on the offensive. No country will win standing on the defensive. None of this changes that it was Austria that declared war on Serbia or Germany that declared war on Russia, Belgium and France

No, it's assumed that country retains it's freedom of action and may do as it pleases. Of course, Austria did promise Italy that she would only occupy Balkan territory after agreement with Italy. Funny how Russia is to blame for breaking a promise it never made but Austria is free to break one...

Of course Russia had no treaty saying they would stand aside if Austria invaded. This ignores the British and German stop in Belgrade offer- Since Russia suggested the Serbs abandon Belgrade without a fight the peaceful solution was available. Franz Joseph wanted war and dragged everyone else...

Hard to see the basis for this. The Germans had been burned to ma y times by the British. They knew that the British just wanted to use them as a bargaining chip to get a better deal from France and Russia. Britain had no interest in Germany being the European hegemon. Finally if Germany...

As I pointed out, Roosevelt was elected in 1932 when foreign policy wasn't an issue. Anyone would have beaten Hoover. It's really just potluck that Roosevelt was a staunch interventionist. No one cared in 1932. Hitler was barely on the radar screen. And while a lot of the political...

42 percent of the US Congress voted against the 1939 revisions. An isolationist President who agreed with them, would have carried the day. Your argument that any American president would have agreed with the interventionist policies of Roosevelt is refuted by the widespread opposition to...

They can beat the Soviets and Britain as well, it's only when you add America that they are doomed. America wasn't on the Nazi list and even Japan fought her only because she felt trapped. A neutral America, even one that trades on a cash basis, is enough for the Axis to achieve their...

That's a cop out. The Axis strategy is to fight a series of short wars. That's the whole point of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Your argument is basically: if the Axis can't follow their strategy, they must lose. Nazi Germany never sought war with America. If they can keep America neutral...

First, we need to backtrack a bit. Because of sloppy editing on my part, my original post read: "no cash and carry repeal". It should have read: "No cash and carry exemption, extension or renewal" The original 1937 Neutrality Act prohibited all trade with belligerents. Roosevelt lobbied...

This assumes everyone made the same calculation. Isolationism had strong enough support that any Presidential veto would be sustained. That means cash and carry, no destroyers for bases, no lend lease. I doubt if the British would survive until a new President took office even if he favored...

Easy axis victory: In 1932, the US elects an isolationist President. The Neutrality acts remain and the British are on their own. The election had nothing to do with foreign policy so it's just potluck that Roosevelt was an interventionist. Even if America elects an interventionist in 1940...

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It's a lot more than just a little coal strike. It had to do with renewing the anti socialist laws. The National liberals wouldn't vote to allow evictions of socialists from their homes. Bismarck insisted on renewing the laws in their entirety. In the cabinet meeting, Bismarck admitted he...

Why don't you look at the confrontation between the Kaiser and Bismarck regarding the anti socialist legislation. You know,the meeting where Bismarck admitted he wanted a crisis so he could bring out the troops

Wilhelm fired Bismarck because Bismarck wanted to start a social civil war. Given the strong support the socialists had, it's hard to see that ending well. The final crisis came because Germany couldn't restrain Franz Joseph's insane Foreign Policy. The only real solution would have been to...

Neutrality is a legal concept that carried specific rights and duties. A neutral nation had to make sure no belligerent used it's territory to attack another. It required, for instance, that the neutral nation sold coal to either side but only enough fuel for a warship to reach it's nearest...

The British are non players. The war is going to be over before the British can intervene. There is simply no BEF to send to the continent. Britain isn't obligated if Japan declared war on France. The treaty only calls for "support" and there are weasel words to get out of it. Once the...

The French attack the Germans. With their quick firing 75, they dominate the battlefield. Within six weeks they reach the Rhine and the Kaiser surrenders

Nitrates are also a by product of coking coal. There are also organic nitrates in manure. Germany would have enough nitrates for either war or food but not both. Balancing the two will be tricky as in OTL. Germany should have been able to last at least until 1916