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This is true, however, gas was outlawed by the Hague convention to....

The USA may well be drawn into a war, however, that took a long time historically, with an isolationist President. I cannot see it happening quickly. If it does, yes, it will be a battleship war.

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1 May 1915, The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands It really was the most extraordinary proposal and one that he yearned to accept, remembering as he did his own time in the East Indies. All of Papua New Guinea, aside from the Fly River area that was now part of North Australia. In exchange for...

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30 April 1915, Gun Hall No 1, Armidale, New England, Protectorate of Australasia The triple turrets for the Combined Island were well advanced now. Chief of Naval Construction Troy Niven also looked over the 330mm/L46 guns that would comprise their main armament and again wondered if the navy...

Post war could be interesting, yes. It think, in the event of what you have written, that Australasia may get a tonnage allocation more like Italy and France. For a country with 1/4 the population of France, this would be quite a reasonable allocation. Also, even though the navy, much like in...

29 April 1915, Government House, Hailing Island Commandant Harold Mercer was glad to find his temporary accommodation after the briefing and dinner that had ensued at Government House. The governor, Randolph Amos, was clearly well informed. The Chinese government had delayed and delayed the...

17 April 1915, PNS Swan River, off Sydney Heads Captain William Kingston watched from the bridge of PNS Swan River as the vessels sister ship, the Capricornia, was also approached by a number of small craft on the vessels first visit to her new home. She was accompanied by the small liners Cuba...

17 April 1915, occupied Allepo, Ottoman Empire General Malcolm Smith pondered the events of the last two days. The city of Allepowas had been defended by lines of trenches on its western, southern and to a lesser extent northern outskirts, supported by shallower trenches and small fortified...

Well, there is no war, at least at this stage, but tensions are going up. At this stage China has not said no to Japan's demands, but time is running out to give an answer. The mutual defence treaty has already been triggered, so a fresh declaration of war would bring in the British into the...

10 April 1915, Government House, Hailing Island In 1915, Hailing had a population of around 210,000. Among them, 10,075 were non-ethnic Chinese from Australasia and 2,014 were white, with another 270 of British nationality, 77 other Europeans and 2,057 of mixed race. 38 Germans and Austrians...

1 April 1915, PNS Eureka Land, Bay of Alexandretta Commodore Henry Cayley was as the convoy assembled ready for departure. Six dreadnoughts, four light cruisers and four destroyers accompanied five large liners of 16,000 tons each, the 10,000 ton ex White Star Line Majestic, purchased by Blue...

31 March 1915, Hilo Bay Naval Base, Hawaiian Kingdom Captain William Kingston watched from the bridge of PNS Swan River as the vessels sister ship, the Capricornia, nudged her way into Hilo Bay and dropped anchor. It had been a struggle to rapidly put together crews for both ships. His normal...

30 March 1915, Deir Samaan, Ottoman Empire Lt General John Monash's campaign had not gone as quickly or as smoothly as he had hoped. The Navy's confidence that they would quickly build two functioning piers to service his supply needs had proven to be optimistic and he had been forced to reply...