Wl: The UK gets pulled into the Russo-Japanese war

2 points about German position:
1.Here some assumes that Germany would join Britain in fighting Russia and France. Are you out of your mind? Thats a ground war against two neighbouring powers allied with only Brittain and A-H and other german allies not obliged to join because Germans jumped in. Also what would be the reason for Germany to join? Any casus belli?
Germany would agitate but probably not get involved until/unless France or Russia were seriously damaged.

2. If you have read a bit of German diplomacy of the time you should be aware that Germany was working during the Russo-Japanese war to create a continental bloc against Brittan: see Björkö treaty with Russia. The plan was that France would be forced to join a Russo-German alliance as it simply couldn't afford to stay out.
That plan was utter nonsense. The Treaty of Björkö was renounced by Nicholas II soon after.

An alliance like that would be necessarily aimed at London. And beside that there was a warscare in Germany in the winter of 1904-05 - they were fearing a British attack on them.
War scares were common in the period, just look at the Invasion Fiction.

So if Germany would do anything beside the aforementioned popcorn eating it would be joining France and Russia - not the other way around.
No, Germany would act in it's best interests. Eliminating the threat of encirclement by breaking the Franco-Russian alliance would be very much in favour there.
 
Germany would agitate but probably not get involved until/unless France or Russia were seriously damaged.

Agree. I dont think Germany would get involved at all.

That plan was utter nonsense. The Treaty of Björkö was renounced by Nicholas II soon after.

OTL it was. In a timeline where Brittain is at war with Russia and France instead of forming the entente not so much.

War scares were common in the period, just look at the Invasion Fiction.

Its however a good indicator of the relations of the 2 countries.

No, Germany would act in it's best interests. Eliminating the threat of encirclement by breaking the Franco-Russian alliance would be very much in favour there.

And joining the russo-french alliance wouldnt be in germanies best interest? It would take the german edge of the franco-russian alliance and end the enciclement. It would guarantee Elsaß-Lothringen more strongly than London ever could. It would eliminate the risk of a 2 front war without first having to win one. It would provide strong allies and the possibility to really challenge Brittain. And even loosing would not risk the existence of Germany in europe. It would be the ultimate win for Germany as I see it.
 
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