Why are the British getting such lenient terms? wouldn't the victorious Central Powers press their advantage against an isolated and hopelessly outgunned Britain? I could see lenient terms towards Japan in exchange for joining the CP- perhaps offering British possessions in the Pacific but what can the British offer?
In OTL, the British could barely keep the sealanes open with the help of the Italian, Japanese, French, Russian and American navies against a Germany that was confined to the North Sea and lacked access to the Channel ports.
Here, Italy has joined and France and Russia have dropped out. What happens to the French and Russian fleets? Do the Germans demand them as part of the peace treaty (like the Entente demanded the HSF in OTL?) or do they allow the French and Russians to keep their fleets but reduce France and Russia to vassals? Since the Germans could move in and burn Paris to the ground at anytime, wouldn't the French help the Germans?
This is what Haldane meant when he said "I fear in two or three years we would go down to a tremendous coalition"
In OTL, the British could barely keep the sealanes open with the help of the Italian, Japanese, French, Russian and American navies against a Germany that was confined to the North Sea and lacked access to the Channel ports.
Here, Italy has joined and France and Russia have dropped out. What happens to the French and Russian fleets? Do the Germans demand them as part of the peace treaty (like the Entente demanded the HSF in OTL?) or do they allow the French and Russians to keep their fleets but reduce France and Russia to vassals? Since the Germans could move in and burn Paris to the ground at anytime, wouldn't the French help the Germans?
This is what Haldane meant when he said "I fear in two or three years we would go down to a tremendous coalition"