How exactly?
Anytime after 1871, with a specific focus on the Wilhelmine era. I’ve been trying to find a way but it seems that it’s simply impossible unless Britain views a powerful Germany as a great of, necessary thing.When?
I actually wrote a draft for the first entry of a TL about this. Basically, we need to find a way to make the Entente Cordial go to shit and cause the delegates to get angry at each other, therefore leading to a rivalry between France and Britian. Then, Germany needs to swoop in and say "oh yeah fuck the French", and then boom- Anglo-German alliance.Anyway to make this work?
I actually wrote a draft for the first entry of a TL about this. Basically, we need to find a way to make the Entente Cordial go to shit and cause the delegates to get angry at each other, therefore leading to a rivalry between France and Britian. Then, Germany needs to swoop in and say "oh yeah fuck the French", and then boom- Anglo-German alliance.
Easier said than done, especially when the British (with everyone else) vastly overestimated then Russians. Any ideas how?Make not allying with Germany worse than allying with Germany.
Make the Russians a lot more powerful. Have them gain stronger armies and industry, so that they almost or straight up become an America in the east, in the sense of being a great industrial power. Have russian emperors open to reform, and who are very ambitious, in the middle east. And have France as their close ally, to help them get that far.Easier said than done, especially when the British (with everyone else) vastly overestimated then Russians. Any ideas how?
Another thing is have someone, anyone really, have Germany focus less on their navy, particularly the big scary battleships. One way is to have Germany forgo the whole Scramble for Africa and not have any colonies so they focus a lot more on coastal defenses and convoy escorts to battle and keep the Baltic open. This will make Britain feel much less threatened by Germany and keep their focus on Russia and France, who might also have Italy as a friendly almost ally due to helping it form, who combined can threaten the Empire, especially if the Russians ever broke out of the Black or the Baltic Seas. This would make Germany the only real possible ally pretty much setting up a Seven Years War: Trench Warfare Style.
Make the Russians a lot more powerful. Have them gain stronger armies and industry, so that they almost or straight up become an America in the east, in the sense of being a great industrial power. Have russian emperors open to reform, and who are very ambitious, in the middle east. And have France as their close ally, to help them get that far.
Now, at this point, most people here will say that that is impossible/improbable, but the way I see it, this is not a scholarly exercise, but fiction, and if you want an Anglo German alliance, this is probably the best way to do it.