TheHipster57
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Let's say a Anglo german american alliance works out how would it fuction in former affairs and would any other countries join or be included
I was thinking France intervenes in the Spanish american war and the us never gains the phillipines the us looking for allies against foregin enemies looks to join the brittish german alliancePresumably from this being in Pre -1900 Discussion this would be a late nineteenth century alliance, formed say 1880-1900
It would bring together the three potentially strongest economies (and ultimately militaries) in the world.
Impact?
Depends on policies they espouse and can enforce on the world
Pax Anglo-Germano-sphere for one?
free Trade? Ah, British obsession but not US or German. Maybe some form of WTO to limit tariffs though.
Free capital flows, yes and the gold standard. No change really from ideals
Managed colonialism, stitch ups at things like the 1885 conference on Africa
Would France and Russia try to kick against this and could they?
The snag is, how do you combine the three?
The US is hostile to foreign entanglements so I really can't see it being more than a benevolent silent partner.
An Anglo-German alliance seems so logical in 1875-1890 but simply didn't happen.
I would like to do a TL in which this occurred but I fear the US might be on the Franco-Russian side in the ITTL WW1. Or just as likely uninvolved.
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Let's say a Anglo german american alliance works out how would it fuction in former affairs and would any other countries join or be included
OTL, the UK, Germany, and the USA has an alliance right now as all three are a part of NATO.
Anglo-German alliance quite possibly makes the least sense out of all possible alliances in the early 1900s.
Has quite the powerful German army- British navy combination.
That does nothing for Britain because it has naval superiority anyway without Germany.
The German High Seas Fleet also ONLY has enough range to fight in the North Sea, which means that, for all practical purposes, it's only going to fight the Royal Navy. In this sense, a German navy is always going to be a competitor rather than potential ally for the UK.
I see your POV, which is bolstered by the fact that IOTL there was no Anglo-German Alliance.Anglo-German alliance quite possibly makes the least sense out of all possible alliances in the early 1900s.