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Part Four: Tzar Nicholas II Was A Real Dick

Behind the Bastards

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The Balkans and the Armistice Treaty

In 19 o eight, there's this um, like a nicholas helps arrange a revision of this treaty u with austria that creates spheres of influence over the balkans. And so basicaly, this deal that nicholas has made over the balkan with austria goes sour almost immediately. Austria and russia very nearly go to war in 19 o 8, which would have been a world war one situation if all those alliances were still in place. So it's one of those things we're like, they're right up to the shooting before this kind of thing gets pulled off. Cenga, yes. Itis ag, at some point in time the tower

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