Britain intervened in the great war not due to direct german hostilities, or french begging, or Entente obligations, but for another reason. German actions in Belgium; their casus belli being defense of the weak (please ignore their empire.) However, almost all of Britain's involvement was on the same stretch of land as the french. What I want to know is, could british forces have landed separately from the main front and established a lasting beach head? Could they get lucky and damage german supply lines? Even if they're repelled, could the distraction give the Entente enough breathing room to hasten the victory?
I feel like this would have to be a colonial thing. Both between Britain's command seeing it as too risky for their proper boys to suffer through (1914-18 britain after all) and simply because of the needed manpower and complications. But I'm not entirely sure what else would go into a ww1 "d-day."
I feel like this would have to be a colonial thing. Both between Britain's command seeing it as too risky for their proper boys to suffer through (1914-18 britain after all) and simply because of the needed manpower and complications. But I'm not entirely sure what else would go into a ww1 "d-day."