This one is pretty obscure but interesting to me. So in 1914, Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Serbian nationalists called the Black Hand. Austria was outraged and with support from Germany, threatened war if they couldnt investigate. Russia was mad Austria was acting in the Balkans without them and France, wanting revenge for the Franco-Prussian war, said they'd support Russia and Serbia
Otl, the lot of them mobilized their armies and it seemed that war was coming back to the European continent in scale unseen since Napoleon.
But Britain, under George V and H. H. Asquith was wary of what this could mean for Europe and offered mediation. The alliance blocks were broken up and while Austria was allowed to investigate Ferdinand's death and Serbia was heavily compensated, and Austria and Russia were each given a slap on the wrist and told to share the Balkans.
But what if Britain hadn't been able to create a good agreement? Or hadn't bothered to, thinking the two sides would destroy themselves? Who wins the then inevitable war?
Otl, the lot of them mobilized their armies and it seemed that war was coming back to the European continent in scale unseen since Napoleon.
But Britain, under George V and H. H. Asquith was wary of what this could mean for Europe and offered mediation. The alliance blocks were broken up and while Austria was allowed to investigate Ferdinand's death and Serbia was heavily compensated, and Austria and Russia were each given a slap on the wrist and told to share the Balkans.
But what if Britain hadn't been able to create a good agreement? Or hadn't bothered to, thinking the two sides would destroy themselves? Who wins the then inevitable war?