Balkan Wars WI

So ?What if the Ottomans had won the Balkan Wars?. 1912 ~1913

That's really hard to predict, because their failure snowballed into WWI thus WWII thus Cold War, etc.

In the short term, it would have put a damper on Balkan ambitions and given the Ottomans some breathing room. What happens after that is anyone's guess.

If the Young Turks either get their act together or get replaced by people who do, then the development of the Balkans is likely to be a lot different. By this point it's probably too late to retain Albania as an integral part of the empire; it would likely become autonomous, which would have the effect of making it more militarily formidable.

If the Ottomans don't get their act together, they may lose the Balkans anyway. There is no good military reason why they should have lost the Balkan War - their military was superior in training, equipment, doctrine, and organization. Their only constitutional disadvantage was a longer period to mobilize as the main manpower pool was in Asia - it was a really stupid plan that caused them to lose, and that was to a large extent because the leadership of the empire was busy dealing with internal political turmoil and the Italian war.
 
This has really got me thinking. The Balkans have always interested me, because of how many different things can happen. I think I might write a story/TL about this, consdering my previous one was overrun by trolls.
 
considering my previous one was overrun by trolls.
:mad::mad::mad: Kill the Trolls , Kill the Trolls
This has really got me thinking. The Balkans have always interested me, because of how many different things can happen. I think I might write a story/TL about this
New TL's are always welcome.


However given all the Butterflies a Ottoman victory would cause, You need to avoid a Tuttledove, and have a different trigger for WW1.

I have always liked the Austro/German conflict of 1915, as a trigger.
 
:mad::mad::mad: Kill the Trolls , Kill the Trolls
New TL's are always welcome.


However given all the Butterflies a Ottoman victory would cause, You need to avoid a Tuttledove, and have a different trigger for WW1.

I have always liked the Austro/German conflict of 1915, as a trigger.

I've posted the first part, the wars didn't happen at all, though, not Ottoman victory. The trigger is an Albanian revolt sponsored by Serbia and Bulgaria. I'm going to edit it a bit later tonight though, I got my thoughts all jumbled up and it can use some re-editing.
 
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