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20 March 1890. Chancellor Otto Bismarck resigns following a spat with Kaiser Wilhelm II. July 23, 1890. Berlin. Charlottenburg Race Course. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show was in town. Annie...
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Bismarck is recalled to the Chancellor's role and is succeeded eventually by his hand picked and hand trained intended successor. Germany's foreign policy remains reasonably sane.
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Germany's foreign policy was reasonably sane. As Bismark said in retirement, -"the conflict between Britain and Germany is over Germany's economic growth and there is little that canbe done about it ".
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During 1890 Tirpitz was chief of staff to the Baltic Fleet. 1895 Kaiser Bill plucked him from obscurity and made him his personal naval lobbyist. But in this scenario Kaiser Bill dies in 1890.Prince...
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richard roper wrote: Germany's foreign policy was reasonably sane. As Bismark said in retirement, -"the conflict between Britain and Germany is over Germany's economic growth and there is little that...
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I'm sorry but Freud called it Projection. Also beginning with the Northcliffe Press Wilhelm II was demonised. There is absolutely no evidence tos upport this demonised version of Wilhelm II. If...
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What business did the IGN have at Manila Bay? What business did the IGN have off Morocco? What business did Germany have sticking its nose into South Africa? SFA on all 3 of them, but enough of a...
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Yeah these dammned krauts, make business with the independent boers... but we, the mighty british want to attack this evil country... this is Larrikin22 as we like him You could ask yourself why you...
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But what business did we have doing all these things ?The whole of Europe asked questions and were hostile to us over the Boers."Vive les Boers !".And within Britain where the Liberal leadership...
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Kaiser Bill was terrible at diplomacy. Almost anyone else would be more difficult to "demonize".Of greater importance is whether Bismarck could act in time to derail the 1892 Franco-Russian military...
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In what way was "Kaiser Bill" so inept at diplomacy ?Except for the claims of the Northcliffe Press ?There were efforts at rapprochement with Russia, France and Britain.
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He was terrible. He was worried about war with France, so he elected to fight France and Russia at the same time. Then half way throuh that he plan he ensured he got to fight Britain too, all at the...
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He was to direct, honest and often very rude - he lacked the necessary "feelings".... But from his POV he made no mistakes - the british press painted him evil, he wasn´t. But - he gave them ammo to...
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I'm sorry, the Russian and French War Parties decided to fight his empire at the same time, the British one under Sir Edward Grey decided to get involved as well. He thought he had averted war with...
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Usually in life there are few times when it is cut and dried black and white. Usually it is just like the movie 50 shades of grey.
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Even in a world where you believe that terrible nonsence you sprout, your diplomacy is supposed to prevent you getting into a 1:4 situation.
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IMO a good summary.Diplomacy requires finesse and an ability to compromise. Things Kaiser Bill wasn't good at.
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There is a terrible nonsence thread on the PoW page right now. More to the point here is whether good diplomacy is supposed to land you at the wrong end of 1:4 odds?
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NewGolconda wrote:There is a terrible nonsence thread on the PoW page right now. More to the point here is whether good diplomacy is supposed to land you at the wrong end of 1:4 odds?Well, why do you...
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