wwi

. Bulgaria is often thought of as the smallest major player of the Great War, even smaller than Serbia who at least had a roll in starting the World War. Because of this Bulgaria is usually a second thought for most historians interested in the history of WWI, but there's a lot more to the...

If someone became a Czechoslovak citizen on 28 Oct 1918 under the rules in 236/1920 Coll., but had already received citizenship in another country before Czechoslovakia was established, by what regulation would their Czech citizenship be nullified? Given no dual citizenship was allowed between...

I'm trying to find the unit history of the IR23 that came out a year BEFORE the first world war. The book is called '' Geschichte des Infanterie Regiments von. Winterfeldt (2. oberschlesisches) Nr.23 E. S Mittler & Sohn, 1913 '' It came out in 1913 and im having a hard time finding it. If anyone...

WW1, France

If France lost World War I, would there have been a realistic chance of the French monarchy being restored? For the record, I am thinking of France losing World War I due to British neutrality in this war. Of course, this might require a somewhat later World War I--perhaps one which breaks out...

How potent of a force was republicanism in Europe before World War I? I know that France, Switzerland, and--starting from 1910--Portugal were republics. However, what about the European countries that were still monarchies before World War I? Were there large-scale republican movements in any...

What if imperial Germany conquered the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway in WWI? Would this have helped them in any significant way (most notably in resisting allied embargo)?

Was it a German war aim during World War I to bring back the French monarchy? I know that the Germans planned to install a bunch of German princes as the monarchs of Germany's Eastern European puppet states after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, but did they ever have any similar plans for France...

If World War I would have broken out in the late 1910s--with Britain remaining neutral in World War I--instead of in 1914, would there have been a greater chance of World War I ending in a compromise peace in comparison to our TL? Basically, I'm thinking of this scenario: Franz Ferdinand...

Would it have been been plausible for Austria-Hungary to outright annex Romania after a Central Powers victory in World War I? For the record, what I am thinking here is having Austria annex Romania (as in, Romania in its 1913 borders) with the exception of Hungary getting a piece of territory...

Let's say Hitler dies from gas inhalation towards the end of WWI (he was actually in hospital for this towards the end of the war). Germany still loses, of course, and the Kaiser abdicates. The Entente impose the Versailles Treaty still, since there is no reason not to. The Weimar state still...

I purchased and have just started reading Dallas' 1918: War and Peace. I'll not be able to finish it for a number of reasons, not least his overwhelming anti-Germany bias that leads him to ignore facts that conflict with his preconceived conclusions and factual mistakes that have led me to...

If Germany would have won World War I (specifically by not resuming USW and thus keeping the U.S. out of WWI; that way, Britain and France might be willing to let Germany keep its territorial gains in the East if Germany is smart enough to make some concessions in the West--such as a plebiscite...

How would you stop World War One? What wuld you choose as your point of departure from our real timeline? Personally, I would try to convince Wilhelm I to abdicate earlier.

Why is none of the commanders who fought in WWI and WWII considered worthy of nomination for the "greatest commander of all time" or even "top 10 commanders of all time"? I think it's because the strength and sophistication of their opponents were so unprecedented that no commander could be in...

What would have happened to Serbia if the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary especially) won the first world war? Some propaganda said they used the assassination as an excuse to try and annex them but is that really what they planned? Adding millions of more angry Serbs to their empire seems...

Does anyone else here feel that WWII was a huge waste while WWI wasn't? I mean, I know that World War I was extremely atrocious and that I certainly wouldn't have been able to bear fighting in the trenches. However, the outcome of World War I did have a lot of positive aspects to it. For...

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles was dubbed the War Guilt Clause: All of my teachers (and other sources) have said it established that Germany was responsible for instigating World War I, and that Germany was responsible for all of the death and destruction. Essentially, they affirm...

Some questions that arose after I discussed World War I with someone else. Would like to hear people's opinions on them. 1.a. What would have happened if the US had steadfastly refused to join the war outright? 1.b. Could the Allies and Central Powers reached something of a stalemate without...

How would WW1 tanks like the Mark IV, Renault and A7V compare to early WW1 tanks like the Panzer II or M3 Stuart? Would the Mark IV's gun be able to penetrate their armor? Could the later tanks penetrate the earliers' armor?