Re: New Reality Seeds
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Originally Posted by Kitsune
Well, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was another of Russia's prime targets after all. While not as strong and dynamic as Germany, this was still an entity with a population of about 50 million at the time. I am not so sure that Russia could have afforded it to entirely ignore this ally of Germany, and instead to open up an early front with the Osman Empire, a state that was still neutral at this time (although it was admittedly another target for Russian desires of conquest, especially Istanbul and the Turkish Straits), as you suggest.
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One should also remember that coming to the aid of the Southern Slavs - the Eris Apple of the entire conflict - would require going through Austria-Hungary. This had strong support in Russia and any attempts to neglect this entirely would lead to protests.
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