Bulgaria part of the Entente and Greece part of the Central Powers

How can we make Bulgaria become part of the Entente and Greece part of the Central Powers? I care more about the latter but I just wondering if it's within the realm of plausibility?
 
Well, wasn't the Greek King pro-German? Maybe prevent Venizelos from achieving influence within the Greek government, and as for Bulgaria being with the Entente, basically either go way back to 1885 (preventing the coup in Serbia that toppled the pro-Austrian Obrenovic dynasty and replaced it with a pro-Russian Karadjorjevic dynasty) or somehow have Bulgaria not get screwed so much by her neighbors.
 
Unless the Germans are clearly winning and/or Entente naval superiority in the Mediterranean is countered, I can only see Greece being neutral but pro-German during the war. Even King Constantine should realize that war against the French and British would only result in the Greek fleet being at the bottom of the Aegean and the destruction of Greece's economy.
 
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Spengler

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How can we make Bulgaria become part of the Entente and Greece part of the Central Powers? I care more about the latter but I just wondering if it's within the realm of plausibility?
Change the outcome of the Balkan wars if you want to do that. Serbia took large parts of terretory that Bulgaria considered its own (now called FYROM) which had a significant population of Bulgarians in it. Greece meanwhile got most of what it wanted out of the war, except for the minority Hellen parts of the Ottoman Empire. Anax yes they are quite confusing.
 
Also, with Bulgaria as part of the Entente, expect Serbia to side with the Austro-Hungarian Empire unless there's yet another incident.
 
Have the Ottomans remain neutral or possibly join the Entente. "Bulgaria irredenta" (Macedonia) is well to the North of until-recently Ottoman Western Thrace. Bulgaria and the Ottomans are (geographically) logical allies, because their "lost provinces" overlapped relatively little.
 

Kosta

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Well, wasn't the Greek King pro-German? Maybe prevent Venizelos from achieving influence within the Greek government, and as for Bulgaria being with the Entente, basically either go way back to 1885 (preventing the coup in Serbia that toppled the pro-Austrian Obrenovic dynasty and replaced it with a pro-Russian Karadjorjevic dynasty) or somehow have Bulgaria not get screwed so much by her neighbors.

No, that's just a myth. He was pro-British, he just simply didn't want to get into a war because he knew that in 1914, Greece was vastly under-prepared for battle.
 
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