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There was an incident between the British and the French involving colonial claims in Sudan and expeditions came to encounter each other at a place called Fashoda

Now, this was resolved peacefully. But what if the two expeditions shot each other and the French declared war?

Let's say for argument that the war is short... say 3 years because the French quickly throw in the towel and the British public are getting annoyed at the war bill for something very far away.

At this time, Britain was shopping around for a continental alliance. Spanish? French? Germans? Well, we just crossed one off the list.

In OTL, the British were offended by the violation of Belgian neutrality.

In TTL, it's probable that the assassination that started the WW1 simply won't happen. I mean, it was a comical event of coincidences and failed attempts before an accidental success. A pre-1900 POD means even if the couple visits there, the traffic conditions will be ever so slightly different and since the assassination was a spur of the moment coincidence, this alone will likely throw it off balance.

But let's suppose that the Serbian Government harbors the Black Hand and it commits several anti-Hapsburg acts of terrorism such as blowing up buildings, railroads, electrical stations, and expensive stuff. At some point the Austrians are going to be fed up and make an ultimatum, say three years after OTL WW1.

The Germans and the British might persuade the Belgians to just let the Germans stroll through their territory (heck, it's almost a 20 year POD, I'm sure they can change the king's mind). Since the OTL British Casus Belli is gone and they have a recent war with the French, while probably have been courting the Germans for 17 years, do we see the British helping the Germans win a world war?

Or not? I'm assuming for the sake of argument the war starts thanks to the Balkans.
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