austro prussian war

The German Question has been around since the beginning of the 1800s. After the Austro-Prussian War Prussia could've had the chance to cut out German Austria from the rest of Austria Hungary. Let's say the play the game as in our timeline with Southern German States and annex them after the...

Just a simple topic, I'd like to hear your thoughts on a world where the Italian Unification process fails and the Italian peninsula remains divided into smaller nations, being manipulated by their neighbors, Austria and France. Would this event lead to an Austrian victory in a conflict with...

I'm currently reading Hans Trefousse's biography on Carl Schurz, the famous German-American writer and statesman. He notes that in Schurz's first visit with Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor really loosened up around the former '48 revolutionary and granted him an interview long past most...

The Duchy of Nassau was a German state whose last ruler ended up becoming Grand Duke of Luxembourg. What happens if the Duchy of Nassau is not annexed to Prussia?

I came across this qbam map for a timeline where austria wins the austro-prussian war and wanted to know, Is this a plausible outcome?

WI during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, along with all the other annexations they made, the Prussians annex the Kingdom of Bavaria while keeping their hands off Austria? Could the Prussians have done it without provoking a Europe-wide conflict or at least finding itself in a difficult...

Why wasn't the Kingdom of Saxony annexed by expanding Prussia after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, unlike other similarly significant kingdoms who also fought for Austria, like Hanover and Hesse-Kassel? If Saxony had indeed been annexed by Prussia after being defeated in 1866, what would the...

In OTL, France demanded territorial compensation from both Austria and Prussia in return for neutrality. France demanded Venetia and an independent Rhenish state from Austria in the case of an Austrian victory, Austria agreed but an Austrian victory is very unlikely so we can ignore this...

Hi all, longtime lurker here. Thank you all for so much high quality content to enjoy. I am especially interested in 19th century warfare. And right now I am studying the 1866 war. Now it is well understood that benedek oscillated between staying defensive and attacking the two Prussian armies...

In 1866, Austria and Prussia fought with each other and victory ended for Prussia which eventually united with German states and fought France too. But what if in this alternate scenario, Russia joins the war to help out Austria due to fear of Prussia's power. How would that turn out...