Britain's major enemies for most of the 19th century had been French and Russians. We end up fighting on their side by what I would call the redwood grey and the tar baby solution. Because unless you imagine this bogeyman Germany, what do you get? You get a war for the balance of power in Europe. The Russians were a far greater threat to Britain than Germany.

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