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Due to Erb's palsy, Wilhelm II was born with a withered left arm. This disability greatly affected his life and was at least partially responsible for shaping him into the man he later became.

However, what if this disability was instead swapped out to George V of Britain, with Wilhelm born healthy and robust with no complications, while George was born under the same traumatic circumstances as Wilhelm was originally and suffered the disability that his cousin had in our timeline? What effects could this have had on the rivalries between the European states and the constantly shifting alliances?
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