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Based on questions raised in the above thread, I thought it would be interesting to write two alternate TLs, obviously in very rough form to hash out ideas and broad themes, concurrently. I recommend reading the first thread to understand the general idea of what happened during AH mobilization in August 1914.

Just to be clear, the POD is the same, Potiorek being killed with FF in Sarajevo, leaving Archduke Eugene in command of the Serbian theater. However, here, as a contrary strategy, Conrad goes ahead an dispatches B-Staffel to Serbia, still sending 2 of the 6 corps to Galicia to form the Koevess group.

So we have a full offensive with weaker than historical 5th and 6th AH armies in Serbia, but a strong 2nd army attacking East of Belgrade down the Morova river valley, the economic life line of the nation, which happened to possess the only major rail line in Serbia (conveniently linked to Nish and Salonika, meaning it would cut the nation off from supply). The offensive would be launched August 15th.

I've attached a map of OTL 1914 plan if the 2nd army had stayed in the Balkans. Obviously it is photo shopped, as I've only read about it, never seen a map of it. The S and Uz groups are brigade and division size units of territorials and guerrillas that OTL served in each area to delay the AHs. I will post the OOB later tonight.

serbia 1914.jpg
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