What will Austria annexe, can she claim all of Silesia - that would be a disaster fo Prussia.
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How does a triumphant, more confident Austria react to the Hungarian question.
That was the plan in the initial stages of the war. Vienna was all fired up to recover Silesia from Prussia ... incidentally, not only would it be a significant economic boost, but it would also increase the German population of the Empire, meaning less need to rely on Hungarians to match the Slavic population. They'd still need them, but less so ... certainly some kind of agreement with Budapest, but not the Dual Monarchy that proved so disastrous to the Empire.
After all, there's less need to appease the Hungarians.
How likely is it that Italy gains Venetia now. Napoleon III has a direct stake here.
Austria had already promised Napoleon III to give Venetia to Italy. While I see them trying to wriggle their way out of the agreement, I suspect Vienna would use it as a negotiating chip with Napoleon III. They'd still give it over, but they'd try their best to exact as many concessions in Germany as possible.
Considering how taken Napoleon III was with the Italian question, I see this working.
Presumably a revanchist Prussia will look to Russia as it's ally over Austria.
Prussia is possibly irrelevant from now on.
Without Silesia and, possibly, the Rhenish territories? Prussia is reduced to an agrarian second-string power. Worse, they'd likely be facing a revolution over leaving the Bund. They didn't OTL because, well, nothing breeds support like victory, but with a crushing defeat? I could see Prussia getting hit with pan-Germanist revolts, especially if Austria pushes for stronger centralization of the Confederation.
Russia is still likely to be hostile. The Austrian betrayal during the Crimean War really stung. Still, with an Austria increasingly focused on Germany, there's some territory for rapprochement and compromise.
Well i imagine Hannover annexes Oldenburg. Saxony gains her 1815 losses from Prussia.
That was IIRC, also the plan. Vienna was really keen on ripping Prussia apart in the war.