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This was KINDOF believable because England just stole there boat. Turkish men took over the boat and sent it up to Russia where it attacked the ports. This stopped 95% of Russias trade which is believed to be the major reason the war extended as long as it did

Coal became a big concern as all of these ships used tremendous amounts of coal to power there steam engines. In an effort of speed the Germans ran there men around the clock with serval dying due to heat stroke , smoke inhalation.

Eventually the German boats made it to Turkey where they were welcomed into the mined ports. Turkey trying to remain viability neutral claimed they were buying the German boats

Heading towards the allergy neutral Constantinople instead knowing they would be given safe passage. They stopped in Italy who declared the neutrality and the war officially began. They could now freely fire on each other. One little boat was able to spot the goegan and kept the rest of the army appraised of what was happening.
They had a little skirmish but the German boats wanted to run as fast as possible

Several times English and German boats passed by each other waiting for the start of the war before firing but neither side wanted to be the first to fire.
Germany decided to go against the international treaty for displaying other countries flags on war ships and blew up French trading vessels. This was largely not noticed.
Everyone assumed Germany would go west towards France but they pulled a U-turn instead

Turkey, who had for a long time been a stopping ground for British fleets trading with Asian markets asked B for an official alliance and B basically said “eww your broke” then stole turkeys biggest boat.
Turkey obviously pissed about this sided with Germany secretly while outwards stating they would be neutral in the conflict.

The German dreadnaught Goeban was the main target in the early days of the war

While a lot of the war would be fought on land there was also the sea to contend with. Britain had the biggest navy in the world second being Germany. Britain feared over commitment knowing a full on attack by G to B would be brutal if there ships were in the med.
E did commit 3 big aships to the med + smaller ships with the goal of finding and destroying the Germans dreadnaught class ships at the onset of the war

Up to that point Germany assumed E would stay neutral in the war as the “believed” there invasion of B was for nations security and a life or death threat of French invasion.
The Kaiser at the time however was quoted to have said there aggressive act would be worth the risk when the won the war. This proves Germany knew what it was about

Englands entrance into the war came via to telegraphs to Germany. The first came right as Germany was said to be invading Belgium stating entrance to Belgium would be considered an act of war unless “appropriate response” was given by Germany. The second was to declare war. England knew the timing of these was going to lead beyond a doubt to war as they knew Germany could not retreat

The other nations knowingly would need to arm its self bid on the arms contract which Germany won. Shockingly enough they had “delays” that left the unable to provide Belgium with the defensive weapons needed ahead of their invasion.

King Albert, now 6 years into his reign was hyper intelligent and was able to convince the party to defend itself hoping the backing of the other nations would save them

If you don’t comply we will take your country. This letter is coming off the heals of Belgiums king Albert’s cost to Germany where Monke, the ever stubborn man ask what Albert would do if a foreign country invaded them.

Belgium was created as a neutral state that wasn’t allowed to attack but also was forced to defend itself against aggressions trying to cut through the country