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As we all well know, the July Crisis spiraled out of control and caused WW1.
The TL of events went like this:
-Austria threatens Serbia
-Serbia and Russia begin the "partial mobilization" of their armies
-Austria partially mobilizes and then declares war on Serbia
-Russia then "unilaterally declared – outside of the conciliation procedure provided by the Franco-Russian military agreements – partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary" (WIKI)
-Shortly afterwards Russia orders a general mobilization against Germany (no plans existed for partial mobilization)
-Germany declares war
What if Russia had partial mobilization plans? Of course everything can essentially unfold the same way, but is there any chance of the war being more of a regional nature?