So you are embarking on a 'true# GREAT WAR, another 30 years war ... 'only' embracing the whole globe ... rather a dystopian idea, but let's see ...
Nice writing of what's largely OTL, though some minor details might be debatable and seem to be a wee ...'tainted' by some slightly subjective view of the historian hindsightly writing this (hi)story - as a few references to later events (-Mosely-) show.
I actually have several PODs in mind but here's the current list of the ones thus far.
- Giovanni Giolitti never resigns from his position as prime minister of Italy in 1914. This consequentially leads to Italian neutrality, at least for awhile.
- The Great War manages to stay out of Africa, that is aside from the occasional border skirmishes. I actually forgot about this POD when writing the chapter, but I'll be sure to mention it in the next chapter.
- Japan never sends the Twenty-One Demands to China thanks to cooler heads winning out due to European backing. Japan only controls former German bases in China and has expanded its sphere of influence in Manchuria instead.
- Without Italy entering the Great War Germany and Austria-Hungary don't have to send any soldiers to fight the Italians. This doesn't do much from Germany, only a few more regiments and resources for their other front lines, however, Austria-Hungary is able to actually fend of the Russians, so no Brusilov Offensive.
- Because the Brusilov Offensive never occurs Romania never joins the Great War. Now poor Greece is all alone in the Balkans fighting the Austrians and Bulgarians.
The POD with Giolitti staying and therefore manufacturing a long(er) neutrality of Italy IITL ... interesting, nice.
... but I assume that you the rtaher 'cheap solution' for the Trentino found ITTL for the time being is one of the reasons, why his popularity soars. At least he manages to get Orlando as his successor ;-).
How you will keep subsaharan Africa out of the conflict is something I'm really interested in.
Well, I assume from what's written in your 1st installment, that something like the Brusilov Offensive will happen
"All attempts by the Russians to invade the Austro-Hungarian Empire failed miserably, especially after the victory in the Balkans allowed thousands of soldiers and resources to be relocated to the frontlines against Russia."
though maybe under another name, another commander and therewith different tactics to make even the early successes of OTL not happen, causiong another massive retreat qout of eastern Galicia and perhaps even out of parts of the Ukraine to make the 'revolution' come earlier ITTL.
And I am really interested in 'your' version of such an early russian revolution and its outcome.
Render me 'hooked' ...
and pls. forgive me for not voting yet ... a wee bit too early in the (hi)story.