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![]() 454. Governor Montfort Browne of the Bahamas takes warnings that the American rebels would try to raid Nassau seriously and requests (and receives) additional forces. The American force sent to Nassau fights on but is routed and many officers including John Paul Jones are captured or killed. The US Navy develops differently. ![]()
![]() 442. Rasputin manages to convince Tsar Nicholas II and other key individuals to seek a peace with Germany during the First World War. Peace is declared on the Eastern Front in 1916, allowing significant German reinforcement against the Western Front and allowing Austria-Hungary to quell internal tensions and increase the strength on the Italian front. ![]()
![]() 348. The German Empire uses non-aligned merchant ships and early u-boats in the years leading up to the First World War to supply dissident groups in the British and French Empires with weapons, training and other resources. When the war comes the Germans incite these various groups to rise in rebellion, possibly disrupting the British and French enough for the Germans to make major gains. |