raharris1973
Well-known member
WI British Great War ‘Westerners’ strategically prevailed (no Gallipolli, Salonica, or substitutes)?
What if the advocates of western front primacy won out consistently in Britain- the kitcheners and the Haigs successfully blocking proposals of the Churchills, the Fishers and the Lloyd George’s for sideshow’ landings beyond France?
i imagine British Empire and French and Japanese forces would still grab German African and Pacific colonies, and that Mesopotamia at the end of the Persian Gulf would still be seen as the easiest place to use Indian troops and safeguard the Gulf and that the defense of Sinai and Suez will naturally turn into a counteroffensive on Palestine.
But no Gallipolli 1915, no substitution of Alexandretta, no garrisoning of Salonica, just building up BEF France.
What are the knock-on effects of giving up those campaigns?
How much earlier does Germany get defeated on the western front? Do the British and French suffer the same casualties as OTL, just faster? Do they suffer fewer casualties by shortening the war? How are the details of the surrender of the other CPs, the Bulgarians, Ottomans, and Austro-Hungarians, changed? Any changes to the postwar settlement, postwar map of Europe?
What if the advocates of western front primacy won out consistently in Britain- the kitcheners and the Haigs successfully blocking proposals of the Churchills, the Fishers and the Lloyd George’s for sideshow’ landings beyond France?
i imagine British Empire and French and Japanese forces would still grab German African and Pacific colonies, and that Mesopotamia at the end of the Persian Gulf would still be seen as the easiest place to use Indian troops and safeguard the Gulf and that the defense of Sinai and Suez will naturally turn into a counteroffensive on Palestine.
But no Gallipolli 1915, no substitution of Alexandretta, no garrisoning of Salonica, just building up BEF France.
What are the knock-on effects of giving up those campaigns?
How much earlier does Germany get defeated on the western front? Do the British and French suffer the same casualties as OTL, just faster? Do they suffer fewer casualties by shortening the war? How are the details of the surrender of the other CPs, the Bulgarians, Ottomans, and Austro-Hungarians, changed? Any changes to the postwar settlement, postwar map of Europe?