Talk:Timeline (Franz's World)

Ottoman Empire, Europe and other things
Mitro you mentioned a war between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, where UK, France and Italy also would intervened (it could be called the Great Eastern War). A good solution for the final collapse of Ottoman Empire and the end of the eastern Question that was due to happen sometime in the first half of the 20th century. Perhaps more details on the scramble of East are necessary. However I have a problem.

I was thinking of writing France, however I have the problem of the Franco-German tensions that would lead in must scenarios to a European war. I don't believe a Germany with a strong militaristic component and aggressive diplomacy (has in aprox. 1910s) would accept constant defeats of France. I still think that somehow Germany would have a revolution (don't know what event could triger it) so the Imperial Germany becomes a Republic and begins a détente with France in Europe (unless there is another way to have this détente). That would defuse a WWI in Europe in my opinion. Perhaps in the Great Eastern War Germany allied with the Ottoman Empire (they had secret treaties that covered military action) would go after Russia but have stalemate by means of a trench warfare.

Russian by 1900s in OTL was ill prepared for any war. I was also thinking of the failed revolution of 1905. Another war that in this case would become a sort of 2nd Crimea (in terms of defeat because Russia would gain little or nothing in the Balkans and the East) would add fuel to tsarist opposition and provoke major social uprising leading to a revolution. If this one is democratic-bourgeois (in the sytle of 1848 and founding a Republic and perhaps release or independence of some nations) or socialist (future URSS) would depend on the twist of events. --JorgeGG 20:50, November 25, 2009 (UTC)