An expanded war would force the United States to consider a very different arrangement of powers from the historical Russo-Japanese conflict. Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Japan are imagined on one side, with France and Russia on the other. Their combined naval strength would make Russian movement out of the Baltic particularly difficult. Germany is also imagined as able to act without reproducing its historical invasion of Belgium. These are consequences of a proposed coalition, with no detailed campaign or American intervention decision fixed.
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A European coalition war and the American dilemma
A coalition including Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Japan would transform American calculations and Russia's access to the sea.