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As far as I know, Prussias goal was to get the whole of Saxony, and the Russians agreed with that, given that the King of Saxony supported Napoleon the longest time of all its German puppets. I think the question was also closely related to Poland, since the king of Saxony was also the Grandduke...

Prussia clearly WAS NOT a nation. Prussians themselves identified as Germans, since Prussia was one of the many German states, with significant ethnic minorities, which neither considered themselves as Prussian nor as German. Prussia was part of the German nation and as such unified with other...

That's very true. I think that the differences in the strategic situation of Germany will force even Wilhelm II. to reconsider his dreams. We have to acknowledge that a Russian-German alliance against a French-Austrian one changes the strategic situation considerably. ITTL, the Germans have to...

What's the difference to OTL? Within the "historical territory" of the Holy Roman Empire we have today Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Northern Italy. And dependent on what historical territory you claim we'd even have large parts of France, and the whole of Slovenia...

I don't think so. Yeah, it's pretty early for this. However, even at the beginning of the war, it was quite clear that all colonies will be lost to occupation quite soon. And as soon as the war is over (before christmas...:rolleyes:), everything the French and British possess would be open for...

Hybridism, a 19th century ideology emerging from pan-germanism. In the 19th century, nationalism developed a certain school of thought based on the following assumptions: 1. Europeans are superior to other races 2. this is due to them being a mixture of different peoples: Celtic, German...

I'd say the colony would be conquered and reconquered plenty of times. As is said above, this could be a Brasil like colony, thus an economically important colony plus a colony that is strategically of immense importance, as Capeland was. I'd say that Madagascar would be a first aim in any...

Of course. I assumed that the war started from the same reasons as IOTL, thus Austria vs. Serbia and hence Serbia on the Allied side. OF course you're right: anything can happen on the Balkans. However, about half of the Balkan countries should side with the Allies. Given what problems the...

With a POD in 1800 anything can happen. Two short ideas: 1. Napoleon somehow wins. He transforms his Empire to a multinational entity, with great liberties for the different ethnics. He does not invade Russia, instead Russia invades and is defeated. In his old days, Napoleon transforms the...

Why would Hilter declare war on the Americans? Even if Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, there's no immediate need to attack the US, since the additional reasons to do so IOTL, US supporting the UK, won't exist, but such a step would probably alienate the British and might them bring back to war...

As Susano (?) wrote, such a change in alliances has to happen quite early. Thus Germany can take preparations for such a war. I will only concentrate on what alliances might appear from a German-British alliance vs. an Austrian-French-Russian one. First, fighting Austria means fighting...

I also like the Timeline so far. However, I wonder whether the Norman empire is not too far stretched: conquering Egypt and then, next year, leaving it and reconquering its Italian belongings seems quite a challenge to me...

Probably. The Congress of Vienna 1815 would anyway be the perfect POD for changing German unification. IOTL, Prussia grew INTO Germany, whereas Austria grew OUT of it. Looking at the map one can clearly see that a Germany without Prussia after 1815 seems nonsense, whereas a "small-german...

I fully agree with that. Europeans of that time might not be technologically superior, but the diseases they may bring could still depopulate most of the Americas as IOTL. Therefore within some decades, the Vikings would find mostly empty lands free for small scale colonization. Of course...

Absolutely true. Again, very true. We'd probably see Nazi parties referring to themselves as Nazis throughout most of Europe. I'd also go for Goering succeeding Hitler. Goering was a weak drug addict, yet during the Nuremberg trials, he once again showed his talents. With Hitler dead and the...