BooNZ
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Out of curiosity, though--what exactly, if anything, do you think Russia could have done in order to avoid collapsing in the middle of World War I?
(a) Avoid war altogether (abandon Serbia), or
(b) Strategic withdrawl (abandon France)
Well, I think that even without a German invasion of Belgium, Britain might be sufficiently angry at Germany due to the previous Anglo-German naval arms race and thus still enter World War I on the Franco-Russian side at some point during World War I. However, if there is no large-scale German naval expansion in the pre-World War I years and Germany does not invade Belgium, then I strongly think that Britain would remain neutral throughout all of World War I.Plus, in this TL, Germany would have a lot more money which it can spend on improving its army, and later, its air force as well.
Anyway, any thoughts on this?
I think slightly better Anglo-German relations would both reduce the likelihood of Germany going through Belgium, and the chances of Britain declaring on Germany in any case. There are also theories that Russia would have been less belligerent without Britain aligned against Germany