Ohhhh, not another "Restart-WW I" discussion, you might think.
Well, after reading and partially scanning (esp.
this one, since after page 5 the arguements started to repeat despite being countered) the ones I found, there were IMO questions left - or ignored. These questions I am trying to exploit and examine - in the way of thinking :"What if ..."
As I am not as firm as I wish to in esp. what guided or better : was able to decide the entente members politics I have set up the following POD, leaving the situation on 02.August 1914 even more "unstable" as it was alraedy in OTL.
I am NOT aiming at a special/wished for outcome of WW I (CP-win, Entente-win, total destruction of everybody, world revolution succeeds, ....).
I am interested in what developments of the politics, not so much military operation, even though operational plans might be of importance/interest, were ALSO possible and ... plausible at that time, confined to the following maybe 2 months, maybe with Decembre as last.