Simply put, does anyone have any idea how strong everybody's military would be during the WWI period if there wasn't a war? I'm currently working on a story where the war starts in 1915, and it would be a big help. Plus, I'm sure others would like to know also.
Nah, they will, by all accounts, still partake in WWI; the alliances and so on force them. OFcourse, the British Empire would have to divide divert some forces, although not all that much. Ireland had an even smaller population back then.Irish Home Rule would probably have gone though, which means there would quite possibly be an Irish civil war at this point and the Brits would be too busy to get involved with WW1
Nah, they will, by all accounts, still partake in WWI; the alliances and so on force them. OFcourse, the British Empire would have to divide divert some forces, although not all that much. Ireland had an even smaller population back then.
An Irish alliance with the Central Powers would be wickedly awesome, though.
Simply put, does anyone have any idea how strong everybody's military would be during the WWI period if there wasn't a war? I'm currently working on a story where the war starts in 1915, and it would be a big help. Plus, I'm sure others would like to know also.
Whe Also have the Completion of the Damascus-Mecca Railroad -- Helping solidify Ottoman control of the Hajji.In addition, the more of the Baghdad RR completed, the better for the empire's ability to shift forces from theater to theater.
It would make a gigantic difference to the Ottomans and Balkan nations, who were rebuilding their militaries after the Balkan Wars. I'm (not surprisingly) more familiar with the Ottomans, but the Bulgarians would have had a lot of the same issues.
The army was in the process of being totally restructured in 1914 and its reorganization was not completed by the time war was declared. Another six months would have seen the Ottoman army far more capable than it was in Nov 1914. In addition, the more of the Baghdad RR completed, the better for the empire's ability to shift forces from theater to theater.
Russia was also rapidly gaining in strategic mobility with the construction of strategic railways - a year would make a significant difference.
Navally, the Ottomans would have received Erin and Agincourt (Reşhadiye and Osman-i Evvel), plus a number of large destroyers, which would have made a big difference in people's calculations as well, paricularly Greece's and Russia's.
Most likely it would mean the Ottomans would not enter the war at all, but if they did, they would have more impact.