Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2067355-20131201033001



I've been reading up on German history for purely inane reasons for some time now, and in the process I have acquired a few question which I think a few of my fellow alternate historians (Read: Probably just LG) can help me answer.



First, there's the Suez Canal-could it have been built by the Ottomans, had they expressed interest in doing so for some reason? Or was there some key element that prevented its construction until the 19th Century?



Next, Prince Henry of Prussia, who was by all accounts a better leader than Wilhelm II ever was. What if his brother had died young and Henry took the throne?



Third, the Brusilov Offensive, split into two parts;

     A)  If Alexei Evert had gotten his act together and had wanted to pursue an offensive war (Perhaps being persuaded by Brusilov's success), could the Russians brought about a quicker end to the war?

     B) If Brusilov had been persuaded to pursue a defensive war (or had simply died before his namesake offensive), could the Centrals have defeated Russia earlier?



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<p id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385866307644_2484" style="margin-top:0.1em;margin-bottom:0.1em;line-height:normal;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1385866307644_33" style="line-height:21px;">Finally, I understand the Germans lost WWI in part due to starvation, and yet they were occupying Ukraine at the time, which is supposedly a major breadbasket in Europe, so why were they starving? <ac_metadata title="Canals, Princes, and World Wars Oh My!"> </ac_metadata>