How to keep Britain out of the Great War. Irish Home Rule goes through as planned resulting in an Ulster Rising and Army officer mutiny.
What does that mean? As in the turn of phrase, I’ve never heard that before.
From a hindsighteering position ... I well agree with you.Well the Entente, with the British, were put to the pin of their collar by the Central Powers.
It's arguable that only American intervention allowed the Entente to decisively defeat the Central Powers and inarguable that the British blockade was crucial to weakening Germany.
Therefore, without these factors it's hard to see the Central Powers not grinding out a win through attrition if nothing else.
Though I'm always one arguing for the narrowness of the decision of the Asquith cabinet to finally come to intervention (including military intervention) the question of the extent of a possible (german) violation of belgian territory was almost 'skipped' by the anti-interventionists at the 2nd the evening cabinet-meeting on 2nd August 1914, leaving the principle violation of belgian neutrality and integrity as the official casus belli....
Not necessarily, it was the violation of Belgian neutrality that brought Britain into the war, not just Germany ‘going West’. If Germany can go West without crossing into Belgium (some sources contend a ‘limited’ violation of neutrality would be accepted) then - as the Cabinet discussions ran OTL - Britain may not get involved.
Though I'm always one arguing for the narrowness of the decision of the Asquith cabinet to finally come to intervention (including military intervention) the question of the extent of a possible (German) violation of Belgian territory was almost 'skipped' by the anti-interventionists at the evening cabinet-meeting on 2nd August 1914, leaving the principle violation of Belgian neutrality and integrity as the official casus belli.
The true concern only concealed by the treaty-talk was the British-friendliness ... or controllability of whatever power, small or large might sit on the belgian channel-coast.
Well ......
Not necessarily, ... , not just Germany ‘going West’. If Germany can go West without crossing into Belgium ... then - as the Cabinet discussions ran OTL - Britain may not get involved.
