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The reality had changed by then. Russia was firmly with France and the second Morocco incident showed England was too, despite attempts in 1913 and early 1914 to sway England, they ultimately knew they would be fighting France Russia and England in event of war. All the great powers knew a war...

If Billy Joel passed away in 1978 he would have died without ever having a number one single, and his last album would be 52nd Street. Some of his best songs get cut out of his career and I think he’s definitely considered more poppy and less singer songwriter than he’s considered now . My Life...

Not true, Germany and Austria knew they had a window of going to war by 1916 at the very latest if they hoped to be able to win against the French and Russian alliance. Austria was extremely aggressive in their demands to Serbia solely for the purpose of provoking a war.

What @Nivek said, Willy was fairly close to Cousin Nicky

I don't know how to keep AH and Russia together, but you'll also have to make sure Kaiser Wilhelm II doesn't get too cocky or jealous of Bismarck's power and takes the time to learn the art of realpolitik so that the russo-german alliance stays together.

I'm assuming the German threats here leads to French mobilization making them the aggressor here.

Every other realm of the commonwealth was pro alliance going into the Imperial Conference, so American concerns or not, they are likely to renew the alliance.

Certainly, though I'm not sure that the alliance would survive Japan's expansionism in the 30s, I'd say Pearl Harbor and an attack on america is a lot less likely, and if the alliance did last you'd perhaps see an axis (in function, not formality) China vs an allied Japan. Or perhaps Japanese...

Make sure Meighen isn't PM and you're very close to there. Meighen was worried that tying with Japan would lead to a conflict with the United States and leave Canada indefensible. On the other hand, Hughes - the Australian PM was more worried about the IJN and favored renewing the alliance. The...

ahh, true. I hadn't considered that.

Russia’s even weaker at this point though, so it’s like one step backwards one step forwards

Poland will see this as a total act of war, and press Britain and France into recognizing this as such

Let's run down the list: United Kingdom - UK definitely gets involved with Entente, in fact this whole crisis was engineered by Germany to test the strength of their alliance. Russia - Russia will have France's back, opening a second front on Germany Austria-Hungary - assuming France is the...

Yeah, this seems the likely case. in fact, knowing Kaiser Wilhelm’s soft spot for cousin Nicky, I wouldn’t be surprised if they end up putting a Romanov back on the throne.

The only way a “draw” happens that late in the war is if both France and Germany experience widespread revolution simultaneously and that neither gains the upper hand during. If that happens in late 1918 which it very well could with no American involvement, than you’d have a de facto armistice...

I don’t know about prevented, but definitely unrecognizable. A competent Russia stomps germany and Germany collapses on two fronts.

This was my thought too. A successful movement to consolidate all the natives in the 19th century into Oklahoma. In 1960 they fight as a part of the civil rights Movement and are given autonomy at some point in the late 80s/early 90s

Certainly not with OTL 9/11. If the attacks were costlier and deadlier he could maaaaaybe justify it but even that’s a stretch

FDR Jr. somehow ascending to the white house could be a fourth

How many familial presidencies can the US stomach? Bonus points if they are sequential! Familial presidencies post 1900: Teddy Roosevelt & Franklin Delano Roosevelt (fifth cousins/uncle-nephew-in-law) George H.W. Bush & George Bush (father-son) near Familial presidencies post 1900: John F...