anyways to conclude Austro hungary was on verge of collapse by 1918.after thy implode entete would launch a lightning invasion of austria and then push into german lowlands from there

so no not even the rhine defence would save germany 8n this scenario

That's ignoring the reasons for Austria Hungaries "collapse"

First of all food shortages which would be adressed through eastern gains and the loss of the Rhineland

Beat Italy on the Piave, take Venice, and knock them out of the war. That helps you right there

Secondly military pressure from the Entente in Greece and Romania

Which can be handled if Germany sent more men freed up through a better defensive line in the west and no spring offensive

Come to think of it, Italy never entering the war helps the CP in huge ways

I don't know if they could manage to outright defeat Greece but they could stabilize the front since the Balkans are one huge ass series of easily defendable terrain

Beating Italy would be hard to do because of the mountainous terrain of the Alps

Then taking Venice might not make them capitulate, at least I don't think so

And Venice and its surroundings are much harder to dfened because tanks could be effectively deployed by the Entente

Unless the central powers at that point build some tanks too giving them more of an offensive capability

But I wouldn't know by when they would be able to have tanks or if they even would make any if they give up the Rhineland

I mostly think that the war could be "won" by staying on the defense and making it supremely painfull manpower wise to advance further on the central powers

After which you would have to gradually get Entente members to drop out with token concessions

The real question would be when the first major participant after America drops out the war

I think Italy and France are too belligerent to give up easily, Italy because of the sunk cost fallacy, France because it would hold the Rhineland

So I think the first one after America to go simply because of war weariness would be Britain through a negotiated peace

Say they get Germany's colonies or whatever and something from the Ottomans

If Britain is out so is Belgium imo

Japan would also drop out easily for German colonies in the Pacific and Tsingtau

Leaving only France and Italy as major participants

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Anybody here has some good books/articles about ancient Greeks and their culture? Particularly something that provides counter argument for their homo-society narrative.

I need an antidote for a fa8 of a "professor" of mine.

Greater Georgia

@TheEternalSearcher 𐠊𐠔 huh. where is greater armenia

I have not found a map that includes all the territory that Armenia claimed. I had a similar problem with Greece but i made my own map there:

Its frustrating that the Greeks don't have the population to maintain control over such a region

Agree

They never had, I suppose, the Byzantine Realm had tons of minorities. Nowadays, however, in the age of majority rule, nation states and national self-determination, you cannot get away with this anymore

One advantage of monarchism was that the monarch was often a foreigner. Some didn't speak their national tongue (think Frederick the Great) or followed a foreign culture. In any case, ruling families were usually, to some extent, cosmopolitan. That eased a lot of tension.

At least back in the day they could rely on Greek as a lingua Franca and orthodoxy and the sort of imperial loyalty/myth to smooth over the rest

If they were going to retake all of Turkey today they would have to basically conscript their entire population just to keep it

You could do away with the Kurdish part and let Armenians have some of the clay too. Maybe invite other orthodox people

Still it's more realistic that the bulk of Turkey be governed by a variety of nations that actually have the capacity to hold it with the coast etc. going to Greece

Assyrians would also be glad to grab some land in southern Anatolia

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The Commissar order was justified