Hey guys.
I've been watching a lot of Indie's "The Great War" series, and he's just covered Greek reactions to the allies basing men in (and moving troops through) parts of Greece. It seems almost universally negative, with even the King of Greece writing scathingly about the British and French in American newspapers, and calling the King of England a hypocrite for making war in the defence of Belgian neutrality, whilst routinely violating Greek neutrality.
What alt-his scenarios could spring from this? Probably not an independent declaration of war - Greece probably wouldn't last long against foreign troops already inside its borders. Simultaneously, I don't know if they could immediately side with the Central Powers - I can't see Greeks being particularly happy about Turks moving through its territory, with the Greco-Turkish war of 1897 being a recent memory.
Then again, perhaps if Germany and Austria-Hungary put a lot of pressure on Turkey, perhaps some kind of land-deal could be figured out for the lost parts of Thessaly?
Or perhaps Greece might simply allow Austro-German forces the same degree of free movement that Allied troops were demanding, in return for promises that the Central Powers will respect its independence?
What do you think?
I've been watching a lot of Indie's "The Great War" series, and he's just covered Greek reactions to the allies basing men in (and moving troops through) parts of Greece. It seems almost universally negative, with even the King of Greece writing scathingly about the British and French in American newspapers, and calling the King of England a hypocrite for making war in the defence of Belgian neutrality, whilst routinely violating Greek neutrality.
What alt-his scenarios could spring from this? Probably not an independent declaration of war - Greece probably wouldn't last long against foreign troops already inside its borders. Simultaneously, I don't know if they could immediately side with the Central Powers - I can't see Greeks being particularly happy about Turks moving through its territory, with the Greco-Turkish war of 1897 being a recent memory.
Then again, perhaps if Germany and Austria-Hungary put a lot of pressure on Turkey, perhaps some kind of land-deal could be figured out for the lost parts of Thessaly?
Or perhaps Greece might simply allow Austro-German forces the same degree of free movement that Allied troops were demanding, in return for promises that the Central Powers will respect its independence?
What do you think?
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