Hey guys, I've been working on quite a narrative Fashoda TL (Yes, it's been done a million times before but I think I have sufficient twist to this one) and one of the key points in the coming war kicking off is the assassination of a British General by a French officer bent on war. Now I have two questions;
A) Would the French stand by an officer who committed such a crime, if he had a vaguely plausible excuse?
and
B) Would this be sufficient reason for the two to go to war, or would diplomacy prevail?