wwi 1914

So, according to McMeekin’s The Ottoman Endgame, on the 5th August 1914 M N Leontiev the Russian Military Attaché in Constantinople paid a visit to Enver Pasha the Ottoman Minister of War. What Enver proposed was staggering. According to McMeekin (referencing diplomatic notes and diary entries...

If Graf Spee heads north after Coronel, can he use the Panama Canal to cut out the south Atlantic. I believe by treaty that was allowed.

So I was listening to a podcast today that got me thinking. The guy being interviewed was discussing the history of “Sea Powers” and saying what made a nation a Sea Power, etc. During the talk, he mentioned how 1914 and Britain’s involvement in WWI was a case of Britain losing sight of her...

What if the former Boer guerrilla commander turned South African dominion politician Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey had not been accidentally murdered by police gunfire while caught in the midst of a criminal pursuit shootout in September 1914? How would Jacobus react to the coming events of South...

What if von Moltke didn't panic and send two corps to the east, allowing the Germans to keep a substantial force close to Paris, achieving a victory at the battle of Marne, meanwhile the Russians are more lucky and win at Tannenberg. How would it change the WWI Frontlines ?

Kudos to Spiritual Sausage in the AH Discord server, who gave me this idea. What if Fuad I of Egypt had been chosen as King of Albania, either in 1913 or 1914, before William of Wied could be appointed into the post? Could the instability that plagued Albania during WWI and caused a military...

So we all know of the infamous promise whereas Kaiser Wilhelm II told the German soldiers marching to the Great War that "they will return home by Christmas" and stuff like that (although in some accounts I've heard that he said "home before the leaves have fallen off the trees"), which is now...

IOTL There nearly was such an attack against Sweden. There was an old TL about this but it ended prematurely a few years ago. The attack itself was to take place in the beginning of August IIRC right after Britain declared war. Sweden's Navy at the time consisted of alot of coastal defense...

I'm after board expert's views on a few points I'm considering for a possible TL. If Marshal Putnik isn't released by the Austrians in 1914, who takes command of the Serbian Army? With an alternate to Putnik, what plans will they likely implement? If Potiorek dies in Sarajevo, who leads the...

A year ago i asked here in the forum what would be the most belligerant president on america's history, and the answer was Theodore Roosevelt let's say that Roosevelt wins the election of 1912 under the progressive party, and he declares war on Germany as the battle of the marne starts, what is...