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Britain has offered Cyprus to Greece in 1915, as an attempt to lure Greece to their side in WW1. So, what if the Greeks ( or better to say King Constantine ) accepted the offer?
If they can end the war by 1916, which I see as likely, the UK actually comes out WAY ahead.British Government falls. Britain was already paying Italy and Russia's war bills, they don't need another drain on the treasury.
Britain has offered Cyprus to Greece in 1915, as an attempt to lure Greece to their side in WW1. So, what if the Greeks ( or better to say King Constantine ) accepted the offer?
As long as it prevents the king surrendering the Macedonian fortress, the Central Powers are screwed. There were Allied troops en route before Constantine screwed it up.When in 1915? Before the Gallipoli landings? After Bulgaria declared for the Central Powers? After the collapse of Serbia?
I am not knowledgeable enough about the Balkans in WW1 to guess how it affects the Central Powers (I presume its a screw, as then Romanian will join the Allies sooner and Russia is in much stronger shape, so Austra-Hungary probably collapses by the end of 1916.)
If this is the case, Turkey is in major trouble. IOTL, Greece almost annexed large parts of Turkey until their king was bitten by a monkey and died of an infection. I would have to guess that the Ottomans are in way worse shape ITTL and almost anything can butterfly a monkey bite. Constantinople would probably be the capital of Greece today, and large parts of Greece would be hellish, fundamentalist Islam heck-holes with Greek minorities calling the shots. Greece probably remains a fascist state after WW2, with hypocritical British and American support of course. I wonder if these keeps Greek birth-rates up and what the modern Orthodox Church looks like as a result.
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When in 1915? Before the Gallipoli landings? After Bulgaria declared for the Central Powers? After the collapse of Serbia?
how much interest by Italy in Cyprus? they held the Dodecanese, were due to hand them over to Greece but derailed by Greco-Turkish War. so the British would not want to gain Greece only to lose Italy?
There wouldn’t be any Turks left in Greece as the Balkan States alway ethnical cleansed the areas, they took of Muslimslarge parts of Greece would be hellish, fundamentalist Islam heck-holes with Greek minorities calling the shots.
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There wouldn’t be any Turks left in Greece as the Balkan States alway ethnical cleansed the areas, they took of Muslims
The Savoys also had a claim to the island historically....how much interest by Italy in Cyprus? they held the Dodecanese, were due to hand them over to Greece but derailed by Greco-Turkish War. so the British would not want to gain Greece only to lose Italy?
Not exactly, as Greece would spread to Cyprus and Turkey if the OP came to pass.There wouldn’t be any Turks left in Greece as the Balkan States alway ethnical cleansed the areas, they took of Muslims