Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4)
RUSSIA COULD STEAMROLL BOTH OF YOU THE THE GERMAN EMPIRE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM TRY BUT WE ARE BIGGER YES AND SLOWER WE ARE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING EXCUSEZ Moi MESSIEURS IF YOU MESS WITH RUSSIA You ARE MESSING WITH FRANCE You STOLE OUR LAND ALSACE LORRAINE IS OURS GIVE US THE CHANCE WE LL TAKE OUR LANDS AND OUR REVENGE O You WE DEFEATED YOU IN 1871 IN IT THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM REPRESENTED BY THE GALLIC ROOSTER REPRESENTED BY THE LION BELGIUM S NATIONAL ANIMALS DON T PUSH FRANCE WE WILL PUSH BACK O SO WHY IS BELGIUM HERE WE ARE A NEUTRAL COUNTRY AND WE PLAN TO STAY NEUTRAL C 1914 POP35 MILLION LEADER PRESIDENT RAYMOND POINCARE 1914 POP 7 6 MILLION LEADER KING ALBERT ALLIES RUSSIA ENGLAND ALLIES NEUTRAL AO
WHY DOES BELGIUM GET TO BE THE LION THE LION IS A LOT OF COUNTRIES IY THE BULLDOG NATIONAL ANIMAL BUT WE You DEVIL CAN T HAVE TWO LIONS OLD I CO IT IT S ENGLAND S NATIONAL ANIMAL ENGLAND WILL BE THE BULLDOG IN WHAT S AMERICA S ANIMAL THE BALD EAGLE OF COURSE AMERICA IS THE BALD EAGLE MAKE IT A BUNN HA PERFECT if O NO Or NO YOU DON T GERMANY Is THE EAGLE IF ENGLAND CAN T HAVE THE LION AMERICA CAN T HAVE THE EAGLE VERY WELL THE UNITED KINGDOM REPRESENTED BY THE BULLDOG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPRESENTED BY THE BALANGLE THIS IS AN OUTRAGE O o N 1914 POP 46 MILLION LEADER KING GEORGE V PM HERBERT ASQUITH ALLIES FRANCE RUSSIA A 1914 POP 99 MILLION BERE LEADER PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON E ALLIES NONE ET 11
KEEP YOUR STINKY TENT WE HAVE A TRIPLE ALLIANCE EVERYONE KEEP CALM WE HAVE ALL SIGNED TREATIES TO KEEP THE PEACE ESPECIALLY YOU GERMANY YEAH TRIPLE IN A TENT RIPLEVENTENTE UP TRIPLE THERE's ONLY TWO OF You WE HAVE AN ALLIANCE FRANCE ENGLAND AND RUSSIA A TRIPLE ENTENTE IF YOU ATTACK ONE OF vs You WI HAVE TO FIGHT ALL OF US HUH WHERE DID ITALY Go TRIPLE ENTENTE ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE EVERYONE 60 BACK TO YOUR BUSINESS MANY AUSTRIA HUNGARY SOMEONE GO GET THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THEY LL JOIN US DUAL ALLIANCE OF coURSE YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS BUSINESS IS BOOMING FOR BRITAIN BUSINESS IS ALWAYS BOOMING WHEN YOU RE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHY YOU ON O GERMA WE HAVE TERRITORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD CANADA YOU WON T BE FOR AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND LONG SOON OUR NAVY WILL THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BE STRON6ER THAN YOURS BRITISH EMPIRE YOU WOULD THEN WELL OWN THE SEAS BE A FOOL TO ANGER US NOW WHO NEEDS TO CALM DOWN 12
NOW M CONFUSED WHAT S GOING ON IS THIS THE WAR I BET RUSSIA WINS THEY RE THE BIGGEST EACH COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN WAR DEPARTMENT DAY AND NIGHT THEY PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR No No THIS IS JUST A LITLE BACKGROUND NOT A CHANCE ENGLAND ON THE COUNTRIES WE LL GET WILL WIN WE ARE THE RICHEST TO THE WAR SOON ENOUGH AND WE RULE THE SEA LET S SEE WHO IS PLANNING WHAT I IF WAR STARTS WE SHALL ATACK RUSSIA AND FRANCE AT THE SAME TIME FASTER MOBILIZATION IS KEY TO RUSSIAN VICTORY WHAT COLOR PANTA LOONS WILL OUR SOLDIERS WEAR PLAN 19 THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN QUICK AND DECISINE TRADITIONAL RED OF COURSE PLAN XVII us RUSSIA WE NEED II MORE TRAINS GERMAN ARMY SIZE 750 000 ARMY RESERVE SIZE IS MILLION RUSSIAN ARMY SIZE 14 MILLION ARMY RESERVE SIZE 17 MILLION FRENCH ARMY SIZE 800 000 ARMY RESERVE SIZE 29 MILLION WE VE GOT TO STOMP SERBIA OUR NAVY MUST REMAIN THE STRONGEST WE DON T HAVE A VERY BIG ARMY ARE YOU SURE WE WANT TO TANGLE WITH THESE COUNTRIES PLANW INDEED ENEMY 1 STOMP SERBIA AUSTRO HUNGARIAN ARMY 450 000 ARMY RESERVE SIZE 14 MILLION UNITED KINGDOM ARMY 700 000 ARMY RESERVE SIZE 400 000 SERBIAN ARMY SIZE 90 000 ARMY RESERVE SIE 420 000 13
