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@Skallagrim, regarding your comments on how after a defeat the Kaiser will sulk in Depression, Germans will be less aggressive, France and Russia will underestimate Germany, think it is weak, and in the war of 1914, or whenever, will be in for a surprise, and meanwhile, Britain won't be alarmed...

@Skallagrim - what did you think of my PoD here? I chose the 2nd Samoan Civil War because it was actually one occasion where the British and Americans on the one hand, and the Germans, on the other, were backing opposing proxies in a local war, and I thought I could escalate it with enough...

Nobody had binding alliance commitments to Japan at the time. I don't think the Russians and French would actually find it worth it wade into a Far Eastern naval shooting war in 1899, especially while US-UK versus German rough-housing is making it dangerous. However, Japan doesn't know that for...

What do you think of my having the Japanese jump into this war, on the Anglo-American side? My argument was rather straightforward, revenge for the Triple Intervention, against that Triplice's most vulnerable member, an implicitly, security for Japan with acquisition of the Marianas and...

Our scenario begins with the Second Samoan Civil War of 1898-1899. Second Samoan Civil War - Wikipedia. This emerged when the Samoan King Malietoa Laupepa died, and his son Malietoa Tunamafili was recognized as King by an American judge on the island and the British, but a rival, Mata'afa...