Yes, it began when the Ambassador was still trying to get from the Kroprinzenpalais to Wilhelmstraße. Not a lot of difference, but Germany does have a telegraph and phone network.
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Yes, it began when the Ambassador was still trying to get from the Kroprinzenpalais to Wilhelmstraße. Not a lot of difference, but Germany does have a telegraph and phone network.
The clear winner of this is Japan.
Why ?
When some idiot suggests Pearl Harbor - which as far as the note delivering shortly before the bombs fall was identical and also came with a host of widely separate thrusts of attack - the rest of the of the room is to going to look at him and go "Yes, Tsar Nicholas ?".
Because this is going to an abject lesson of what happens when you do shit like this. The germans are going to be very peeved at this and will be very strong in their admonishments for same.
Why ?
When some idiot suggests Pearl Harbor - which as far as the note delivering shortly before the bombs fall was identical and also came with a host of widely separate thrusts of attack - the rest of the of the room is to going to look at him and go "Yes, Tsar Nicholas ?".
Because this is going to an abject lesson of what happens when you do shit like this. The germans are going to be very peeved at this and will be very strong in their admonishments for same.
Potentially "Wir wurden kanal-isiert!" or "Wir wurden gekielt!" - I do not think there will be a compound in this instance. Maybe it will become known as the "Kieler Zwischenfall" or Kiel incident 
Edit: Due to the politics surrunding this "Kieler Schande" oder "Überfall von Kiel"
Edit: Due to the politics surrunding this "Kieler Schande" oder "Überfall von Kiel"
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Doesn't fit. German does not have a great ability of, uh, making adverbs out of nouns. The Kiel Canal was called Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal in that era and the detonation occurred in Rendsburg. Maybe the "Rendsburg attack" or some such thing. We Germans tend to be prosaic about stuff like that ^^
So the declaration would have been on time if someone had been at the Kronprinzenpalais to receive it? Not that I expect that to make the slightest bit of difference to the Germans or to the international community.
Looking forward to some epic German ass-kicking.
Some asshole is going to sink that tourist steamer, isn't it so ?
Man, by the time the opening blows have stopped falling one of the german war goals might very well be "Sink ALL the Russian Navy" because "Fuck you that's why".
Man, by the time the opening blows have stopped falling one of the german war goals might very well be "Sink ALL the Russian Navy" because "Fuck you that's why".
It will be interesting to see if the Germans develope different attitudes towards taking prisoners with respect to the russian navy and army. So far, all the sneak attack treachery dtuff has been conducted by the navy.
Sinking them and shooting the survivors in the water seems more likely the way the Russians have been conducting the war until now.
Or they take the tourists as hostages.
Anyway:
SCNR
Heligoland was swapped as per OTL - still looked like a good idea to Bismarck - and was left unfortified as a gesture of good will towards Britain. That decision now comes back to bite the Germans in the posterior - quite badly.
As to the British - the Russians do not expect to fight the Royal Navy, but they fear it. It's a bit like the way Berlin feels about the french - you always look over your shoulder. Kolchak knows that a) the British are friendly with the Germans and hostile to Russia and b) he's playing in their back yard. Their best case scenario is that France joins them and Britain stays out. Then they can resupply Heligoland from France and use it to bottle up German commerce. The second best scenario is they face German alone. In that case, they know they are doomed eventually, but can do a lot of damage and hope to hold out until the peace agreement. Britain joining the war is the worst case scenario as far as the navy is concerned, because the Royal Navy will just flatten them in passing.
And I believe this is exactly that will happen. England joins the war and France stays out of it.
Potentially "Wir wurden kanal-isiert!" or "Wir wurden gekielt!" - I do not think there will be a compound in this instance. Maybe it will become known as the "Kieler Zwischenfall" or Kiel incident
Edit: Due to the politics surrunding this "Kieler Schande" oder "Überfall von Kiel"
In english the phrase will be ,,Kielhauled,, and i am guessing it would be invented andpopularized by Punch in an iconic cartoon.
British ambassador goes to the russian war ministry.
Dear chaps, his majesties government would be most pleased if you could see your way to removing your forces from heligoland.
Are you crazy, why would we do that!? The germans would take island back and fortify it. We are at war with them, you know!
Well, we could arrange for a suitably neutral party to take possession....
Like britain, i suppose?
British ambassador justs smiles quietly.
Quite out of the question!!
Well, i do hope you will change your mind quickly. The british fleet will be arriving in seven days. We DO want the transfer to be peaceful, now, dont we?
Dear chaps, his majesties government would be most pleased if you could see your way to removing your forces from heligoland.
Are you crazy, why would we do that!? The germans would take island back and fortify it. We are at war with them, you know!
Well, we could arrange for a suitably neutral party to take possession....
Like britain, i suppose?
British ambassador justs smiles quietly.
Quite out of the question!!
Well, i do hope you will change your mind quickly. The british fleet will be arriving in seven days. We DO want the transfer to be peaceful, now, dont we?
Not those in office - they know the details - but enough regular people will believe it to make for some dicey politics. Which makes this a really good time to have a dysfunctional government...
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