User talk:EoGuy

Greek-Russian Relations (Age of Imperialism)
The reason I am playing hardball about the Greek claims is because I am making a strategy to help elevate the standing of my country. Greece is a small, poor country on the borders of the large Ottoman Empire. This means that not a lot of thought goes into it from the Great Powers- Russia, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the United Kingdom- as they see it as a vassal to the Ottoman Empire in everything but name and government. To elevate Greece's world standing even higher than a possible victory in a Greco-Ottoman war I would need to have a large colonial empire (nearly impossible for Greece) or to control an important piece of land. Owning the Turkish Straits would be important to countries on the Black Sea like Romania and Bulgaria, but nothing to the Great Powers, including Russia. However, owning the future Suez Canal would allow Greece to hold something over the rest of the world- the power to reach from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and the East Coast of Africa faster than any other country. The only way I would be able to do this is to control Egypt, and, as it is a soveign nation removed from the Ottoman Empire, that would mean going to war with them seperately. The only way Greece would have a chance to successfully go to war with Egypt is to control either Libya or the Levant, and, as Libya has more connections with Greece due to the ancient colonies of Cyrene and Berenice (modern day Benghazi), I chose to request Tripolitania and lower my take in Asia Minor. For resons I don't understand, perhaps greed, I also decided to request Tunisia. When Russia said to only take Cyrenaica, I decided that small Cyrenaica would be unable to take the large Khedivate of Egypt. I asked for a city on the Caspian in order to try a new strategy at colonization and expansion in order to have the Great Powers recognize Greece as a large regional if not world power. I would have colonized the tribal land between Russia, Persia, and British India. I would have then attempted small invasions of Persia and China to continue to expand. Meanwhile in Africa, I would have expanded downwards for many years before attempting a small northern invasion of Egypt to get to the Suez. However, I now have a new strategy for expansion and recognition. Together, Greece and Russia take the Ottoman Empire, maybe not all, but definately Ottoman Africa, Asia Minot, and Ottoman Europe. We offer Tunisia to Italy in return for naval bases on Sardinia and Italian Tunisia, alliances with both Greece and Russia, and Russia annexation of the island of Malta. This could set up a possible invasion of Austria-Hungary from the east, south, and west. From Libya, we could invade Egypt and move up the Levant. Russia would recieve the Levant, Sudan, and the Sinai, while Greece recieves Egypt. The Suez Canal would be constructed with Russia controlling the western side and Greece controlling the eastern side. With Russia leading a new alliance with Greece and Italy and Africa opened up to colonization to the alliance, you could lead a side and gain the most in the case of a world war. NathanialPrice (talk) 23:48, February 2, 2016 (UTC)