According to the German General Staff, 1916 was the last year in which a preventive war could be feasibly waged against the powers of the Entente. By 1917, France would have completed its army modernization program, as would Russia and its railroad-building program. The German diplomatic failure during the Agadir Crisis softened the tone of German diplomacy towards the other powers. The Albanian crisis of 1913-1914 was seen to herald at new era of coöperation between the great powers.
In the particular field of Anglo-German relations, by 1914, relations between the two great powers had once again warmed. Following the peak of Anglo-German naval rivalry in 1908-1909, which also coincided with the so-called “Navy Scare”, Britain was once again consolidating its naval supremacy, with a 16:10 ratio of superiority over the German fleet by 1914. Relations between the two states were the warmest they had been since before the Boer War.
Suppose that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 of June, 1914, and that no great European war occurs in the years from 1914 to 1950. What will occur in those decades, and what will the world look like in 1950?
In the particular field of Anglo-German relations, by 1914, relations between the two great powers had once again warmed. Following the peak of Anglo-German naval rivalry in 1908-1909, which also coincided with the so-called “Navy Scare”, Britain was once again consolidating its naval supremacy, with a 16:10 ratio of superiority over the German fleet by 1914. Relations between the two states were the warmest they had been since before the Boer War.
Suppose that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 of June, 1914, and that no great European war occurs in the years from 1914 to 1950. What will occur in those decades, and what will the world look like in 1950?
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