Is there any way that Serbia could've held on against the CP's onslaught in 1914-15? Would POD would be needed for this?
Could the Lake Naroch Offensives be more successful in tying down German and Austro-Hungarian forces?Maybe the Germans deploy more of their divisions against France and Belgium compared to OTL and the Russians direct more against Austria-Hungary (instead of Germany). This causes the Austro-Hungarian Army to start collapsing much faster than OTL, and Italy and Romania join the war in 1914 against A-H, hastening the demise of the Dual Monarchy.
Are you saying Serbia needs more of this?Serbia has more machine guns and cannon ammunition.
Is there any way that Serbia could've held on against the CP's onslaught in 1914-15? Would POD would be needed for this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Campaign_of_World_War_I450,000 Serbian civilians died of war-related causes from 1914 to 1918[12]
What effects would this have on Serbia?There would be more Serbs if Serbia avoided occupation, assuming Serbia could support it's population without outside input.
How can we get Bulgaria to remain neutral?Keep Bulgaria neutral at all costs. Maybe via a more successful Gallipoli campaign that knocks the Ottomans out earlier in 1915 or an earlier and larger Allied force from Thessalonika would forestall Bulgarian entry. Once Bulgaria entered the war on the CP side, Serbia's position was doomed.
There's two ideas in the post you're quoting. Probably the best two, once the war had started.* Get an Entente Army near the Bulgarian border on the Aegean, and that might do the trick.How can we get Bulgaria to remain neutral?
How would World War 1 be affected by this?There's two ideas in the post you're quoting. Probably the best two, once the war had started.* Get an Entente Army near the Bulgarian border on the Aegean, and that might do the trick.
Even when neutral, they were sympathetic to the CP, and smuggled stuff from the Germans to the Ottomans, but if the latter are knocked out; or the force from Salonika is large, and advances to help the Serbs, then Sofia might decide not to jump in.
There's two ideas in the post you're quoting. Probably the best two, once the war had started.* Get an Entente Army near the Bulgarian border on the Aegean, and that might do the trick.
Even when neutral, they were sympathetic to the CP, and smuggled stuff from the Germans to the Ottomans, but if the latter are knocked out; or the force from Salonika is large, and advances to help the Serbs, then Sofia might decide not to jump in.
*Go back to the Balkan Wars, and there's myriad ways, but then World War 1 as we know it isn't happening.