Buba
A total creep
On Ah.com the thread" Ottomans sit out WWI" made me wonder about the resources used to fight the Turks. My question is a bit different
What if London (and Paris too) adopted a "Germany first" stance like the US in WWII? What if Easterners and ankle biters are sidelined after Gallipoli and Kuta?
Kuwait is abandonded. The Suez Canal and Persian oil fields are guarded by the British and Indian troops in OTL used in Tanganika (maybe South Africans too? At least in the Canal Zone as it can be claimed to be "Africa").
The Ottomans will not be able to press too strongly against either, due to logistics. Nor can the Ottomans divert that much to the Russian front, again due to bullock cart supply lines.
Where do the freed up Entente troops go? Balkans? Could these prevent Serbian collapse and/or Bulgarian involvement in autumn 1915?
What if London (and Paris too) adopted a "Germany first" stance like the US in WWII? What if Easterners and ankle biters are sidelined after Gallipoli and Kuta?
Kuwait is abandonded. The Suez Canal and Persian oil fields are guarded by the British and Indian troops in OTL used in Tanganika (maybe South Africans too? At least in the Canal Zone as it can be claimed to be "Africa").
The Ottomans will not be able to press too strongly against either, due to logistics. Nor can the Ottomans divert that much to the Russian front, again due to bullock cart supply lines.
Where do the freed up Entente troops go? Balkans? Could these prevent Serbian collapse and/or Bulgarian involvement in autumn 1915?