Iran: a few days after the ottomansYou would need a date for each entry,
Does China at this point have anything even faintly resembling a central government capable of waging war against a foreign enemy? Actually four foreign enemies, given that they've just declared war on Britain, Russian France and Japan?Motivation: They're sick and tired of being pushed around by the Entente empires, and see the Germans, Ottomans & Austro-Hungarians as less likely to be able to pick on them due to distance (exception being Iran having some fear of the ottomans, and China having some fear of the Germans).
Indeed. One of the whole things about the beginning of the war and the frantic ness was everyone mobilizing their armies, which takes time and was deemed as grounds for preemptive strikes by some of the parties. Well, not really grounds for the Germans, who were pretty flippant about heading countries that had down nothing against them. These three countries would need to have went with the expensive task of mobilizing earlier, and those would mostly be taken as signs against the Entente as the Germans only had minuscule presences in their lands, so who else could the army be preparing against?It's suicide for China and Thailand. The CP have no ability to project power in East Asia to support them. They will be over-run by Japan, Britain, France and/or Russia.
In what world would the Thais be sick and tired of the Entente nations? Thailand was reaping considerable benefits from currying favour with and hosting them.Motivation: They're sick and tired of being pushed around by the Entente empires, and see the Germans, Ottomans & Austro-Hungarians as less likely to be able to pick on them due to distance (exception being Iran having some fear of the ottomans, and China having some fear of the Germans).
China - they could have declared for the Germans in OTL but it wouldn't change a thing. In OTL Germans provided some support for one faction of the warlords who attempted to restore the monarchy but they failed. If they succeeded then it would just mean more civil war in China.Motivation: They're sick and tired of being pushed around by the Entente empires, and see the Germans, Ottomans & Austro-Hungarians as less likely to be able to pick on them due to distance (exception being Iran having some fear of the ottomans, and China having some fear of the Germans).
What if that coup succeeded?and as one attempt at a coup had just been defeated in1912 the chances of another successful one are pretty low
It was poorly planned and poorly executed. They chose the man to assassinante the king by lottery. He then confessed everything to the head of the Kings guards. A far cry from the eventually successful coup in the 30’s.What if that coup succeeded?
Army of 20,000 split by the coup with no artillery is unlikely to pose a significant threat to Entente interestsWhat if that coup succeeded?
All of them had already been. Do you mean partitioned? If so, the same thing applied to them already. I doubt anything could have happened that would be as catastrophic as what happened to the Ottomans, but really it is like with Hungary. They lose lots of land, but it was mostly stuff not occupied by Hungarian majorities, and like with the Germans, locals would have been angered about losing any smidge of land. Because really, Germany did get off lightly.Is the goal to get these countries to be partly colonized like the Ottomans?
Duan Qirui led the push for China to join the Entente, so something would need to be done about the Anhui Clique earlier than IOTL (early destruction of the Anhui Clique?)China - they could have declared for the Germans in OTL but it wouldn't change a thing. In OTL Germans provided some support for one faction of the warlords who attempted to restore the monarchy but they failed. If they succeeded then it would just mean more civil war in China.