Kingpoleon
Banned
What if the following scenario happened:
The Germans ought not to have intervened at Manila Bay. Nevertheless, they did because of one thing: Leopold had been crowned King. They managed to attack and encircle the American squadron when three more Spanish ships arrived and reinforced the Germans. Immediately afterwards, Germany declared war on America, and the invasion had begun. A joint German-Spanish seizure of the Panama Canal was followed up with an invasion of Cuba by the Spanish heir and great general, William. The Philippines would be overrun by German and Spanish joint forces numbering 95,000 by the end of the war. Ferdinand, Crown Prince William's younger brother and King of Romania, would proceed to also send a war leader, Colonel Artur Văitoianu, with 3,000 men that would eventually help in the capture of Puerto Rico. After the war, the Philippines were "bought" by Germany for the price of £850,000, and the Panama Canal Rights were given to Germany by France, Colombia, and America in exchange for £60,000, £120,000, and £20,000 respectively. Florida was also "leased" to Spain for 120 years in a renewable treaty.