Triple Calamity: What if the Three Most Important Men in the Executive Branch Died in One Night?
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Willy the 2nd actually doing something smart involving diplomacy? Now the TL has fully jumped into ASB territory.
Realistically it’s a useless land. No one really wants it minus the British.
Until gold is found of course, but even then the Russians won’t want to sell anymore.
Currently London is trying to negotiate for the territory.
I mean give about a decade or so for the shock to wear off and the US going to want revenge given the stuff the RN pulled. When WW1 kicks off TTL and Britain starts blockading Germany I guarantee the US electorate will draw comparisons to the blockade of the US. Plus I seriously doubt the US would be as willing to actually be willing to follow the British contraband list which while technically was legal was most certainly pushing the letter of the law as close as they could. After thinking it over this is how I imagine the US gets drawn into the war. TR is president when it kicks off with him being very anti-British TTL. Britain blockades Germany like OTL, however unlike OTL the US isn't willing to play ball with the super strict list of contraband the British lay out. Eventually one of two things will happen that draws the US into the war. Either a US freighter refuses to comply and up getting fired upon and sunk or TR organizes a convoy escorted by at least on Dreadnought as a stare down with the British as part of his "Big Stick"beliefs with neither side blinking and like Liberia we never find out who fired first but all that matters is they did fire.
Anglo-French relations are currently mentioned to be poor so I doubt the alliance system is going to be the exact same.
US-France-Russia vs Germany-Britain *WW1 when? Then again, this was the same period as Fashoda IOTL.
Eh I don't see Germany and Britain on the same side unless you drastically alter Willhelm's desire for an empire to rival them. At the bare minimum he won't be willing to accept a navy that isn't as grand as the RN and that alone is going to drive a wedge in any potential alliance.* Also France wouldn't want to risk it given how the RN behaved during the war against the US and the French coast is a lot closer to them then the US coast was. Plus if the USN can't defeat the RN fast enough Germany is almost certain to take out France before US troops arrive in enough force to stop it. I'm betting the alliance's once everyone is fully in the war will be France-Britain-Russia-Ottomans VS US-Germany-AH-Italy.
*Still two-power standard era which the British don't give up until the Washington Naval Treaty OTL.
OTOH, Britain's defeat of the US could lead to a more assertive stance by them at Fashoda due to the arrogance victory often brings about.
I mean the British couldn't really get more aggressive then they did OTL unless the orders they give Kitchener tell him to just straight up attack the French the moment they meet.
Oh man the amount of hatred this will cause in the US for Britain. Britain's days are numbered. The US is gonna be biting at the leash to attack and avenge their losses in the Great War. Oh well, German victory in WWI is always based.
Damn, it looks like the American coast cities got the Copenhagen treatment by the Brits… Hopefully (sans Lady Liberty) nothing of too great value was lost
And America loses its most iconic monument… Hopefully they can fish her up and maybe rebuild?BREAKING! BREAKING!
HUGE BOMBARDMENT OF NEW YORK AND BOSTON! STATUE OF LIBERTY FALLS INTO THE SEA!
The Royal Navy showed no mercy to the yanks yesterday as a day long bombardment began in both Boston and New York. The Statue of Liberty is now nothing but it's shoes as the once Great American Statue lies at the bottom of the Hudson. No real American resistance was mounted.
-The Times, November 12th 1893
What happens with Haiti here? Has it been merged with Dominica here, or have the Yankees lost that part too? Also, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines are still part of Spain right? Perhaps they’ll come into focus soon
Hopefully Canada gets Alaska. It just looks prettier damnit!
I mean if Canada gets Alaska that ultimately just means it still ends up in American Hands.