WI: WW1 starts because of the American Civil War

[Mar-e-chal]

Using whatever POD you may find, have the american civil war escalate into a world war

 

[Lalli]

Quiet hard since no one is not really intrested to fight for CSA. Not even Brits are going to help country which is defender of slavery.

 

[Metempsychosis]

Quiet hard since no one is not really intrested to fight for CSA. Not even Brits are going to help country which is defender of slavery.

Not necessaily true. The British and French came close to supporting the CSA.

 

[The Gunslinger]

Quiet hard since no one is not really intrested to fight for CSA. Not even Brits are going to help country which is defender of slavery.

It's far easier to get Britain and France to support the Confederacy than it is to get another European power to support the Union.

If you want a truly global war you probably need a PoD before the Crimean War, otherwise the Union is bereft of allies and it's not a global war because all the fighting will happen in America.

 

[Viking25]

If you want a truly global war you probably need a PoD before the Crimean War, otherwise the Union is bereft of allies and it's not a global war because all the fighting will happen in America.

Hmm so what would you consider to be the most likely ones? Just as some future resources if nothing else

 

[NolanFoster]

If the British are sucked into a North American conflict, that could upset the balance of power in Europe (or Central Asia) enough for something to happen.

 

[NolanFoster]

If the British are sucked into a North American conflict, that could upset the balance of power in Europe (or Central Asia) enough for something to happen.

Say, for example, your POD involves Bismarck never coming to power in Prussia, with a liberal government in his place, which could have happened. Bismarck's support of the Russian position in the Polish 1863 uprising caused a major constitutional crisis in the Prussian government and led to the dissolution of the diet. It's conceivable that a liberal Prussia which was not supporting the Russians could embolden the French Empire to take a harder line on Poland (Napoleon III took a pro-Polish stance historically, but did nothing substantial), and that could spiral into a complete breakdown of European relations and add fuel to the Polish struggle.

 

[Mar-e-chal]

Say, for example, your POD involves Bismarck never coming to power in Prussia, with a liberal government in his place, which could have happened. Bismarck's support of the Russian position in the Polish 1863 uprising caused a major constitutional crisis in the Prussian government and led to the dissolution of the diet. It's conceivable that a liberal Prussia which was not supporting the Russians could embolden the French Empire to take a harder line on Poland (Napoleon III took a pro-Polish stance historically, but did nothing substantial), and that could spiral into a complete breakdown of European relations and add fuel to the Polish struggle.

My POD is the trent affair

 

[CalBear]

Please use the Pre-1900 Mic thread for these sorts of WI.



You need to actually start a discussion not just ask a question or issue an AH challenge

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