Quote Originally Posted by Maeran View Post
I wouldn't call myself a historian, it'd make actual historians shake their heads in disbelief at anything I said. I've been trying think of a time when this has happened in history. I can't think of any wars in which one country had an actual alliance with both belligerants at the start. Normally it seems that the two sides are made up of blocks of alliances that are already set against each other before war breaks out.
Italy in WW1 for example, or as a example for changing alliance there is nearly any country in the napoleonic wars. ^^