A Damn Foolish Thing:
An Alternate History Documentary Series
By:
Cyrus P. Underwood.
Episode 1: A Different Kind of War (1914-1921)
A Wrong Turn for France
War is an odd thing. In the month leading up to what, in our world, would be World War I France and Britain almost declared neutrality and let the Germans attack the Russians. That didn't happen, of course, but I'm going to ask a different question, one asked by Niall Ferguson: What if Britain had stayed out of it?
But how would such a thing even be possible? Let's look at the end of July 1914. France, and Britain, had amazingly demobilized hoping to head off the crisis. However, what if France hadn't demobilized. What if they decided to head the Germans off. This leads them to ask the Belgians to be able to move through their country. However, before the French could even send the telegram, the French invaded Belgium.
And that's when things really changed, there was no going back. It was Tuesday, July 28th, 1914. And nothing would ever be the same.
An Alternate History Documentary Series
By:
Cyrus P. Underwood.
Episode 1: A Different Kind of War (1914-1921)
A Wrong Turn for France
War is an odd thing. In the month leading up to what, in our world, would be World War I France and Britain almost declared neutrality and let the Germans attack the Russians. That didn't happen, of course, but I'm going to ask a different question, one asked by Niall Ferguson: What if Britain had stayed out of it?
But how would such a thing even be possible? Let's look at the end of July 1914. France, and Britain, had amazingly demobilized hoping to head off the crisis. However, what if France hadn't demobilized. What if they decided to head the Germans off. This leads them to ask the Belgians to be able to move through their country. However, before the French could even send the telegram, the French invaded Belgium.
And that's when things really changed, there was no going back. It was Tuesday, July 28th, 1914. And nothing would ever be the same.