abstract | - A Central East is a counterfactual history of the Great War and what comes after, posted at Alternate History Dot Com (also home of Look to the West, Decades of Darkness, Holding Out for A Hero Gustav Stresemann Survives, Superpower Empire China 1912 and AH Dot Com the Series). The divergence is Henry Hughes Wilson dying in an accident in December 1901 (although that is only revealed a little while in; the author didn't come up with the idea until the first few chapters had already been written). This leads to Britain being ever so slightly less bound to alliance with France, which in turn leads to Germany maintaining East First plans. Cue 1914, German High Command deciding to expect a long war and going for Russia first, and Italy being persuaded to join the Alliance...
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