germany

WW1 seems to have been a fairly even contest. It seems like the war could have gone either way. What would have been the most plausible victory for the Germans in WW1?

Note: I am not an expert on the topic, so if I have made any mistake, feel free to point it out So, let's say that the Austrian army manages to defeat the Prussians or at least fight them to a standstill at Königsgratz and later on close off the retreat routes for the Prussian army, forcing it...

What if the German Basic Law adopted in 1949 would have allowed the Bundesländer to decide their own form of government and consequently Bavaria would have restored its monarchy? I read the idea of Wittelsbach restoration was very popular at the time, and it only didn't materialise because of...

The 1925 German presidential elections saw a tight race between the candidate from right-wing Reichsblock coalition Paul von Hindenburg and centre-left Volksblock coalition Wilhelm Marx. Hindenburg won the election by a 3 percent margin and had been persuaded to run by the right-wing parties...

Hullo, this is really a far-fetched question, but I was wondering if there is any conceivable way any of you could imagine where Prussia manages to somehow keep its 1795 borders in the east meanwhile gaining its western territories after the Congress of Vienna, so it somehow manages to become...

Like it says on the tin. Was there any way the Austrian Empire could've gotten its hands on Silesia as a result of the Treaty of Tilsit? Perhaps if the War of the Fourth Coalition was an even tougher victory for Napoleon than IOTL (the French armies were exhausted and far from home), and so he...

Last day, I saw two video’s from AlternateHistoryHub about a German victory in WW1. Important is that this happens in a “East First-scenario”, in which Germany focuses on Russia first and later defeat France (1917). Britain will still join the allies. In the second video, the social...

Let's create a scenario: WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles happen as OTL, but the rise of the Nazis to power is avoided, with a sane, "vanilla" right-wing authoritarian government taking hold in Germany instead in the wake of the Great Depression. Through diplomacy, maneuvering, and small-scale...

What wpuld have happened if Germany was divided on the elbe and Saale into French and Russian satellite state How would this affect the balance of power in Europe, Great Game, Russian internal politics, British empire's survival, Future growth of France, American Foriegn policy and military size...

This is far from a subject I'm well versed about, but from what little I know Prussia had a pro-Napoleon party before the outbreak of the War of the Fourth Coalition. How plausible would it be for Berlin to ally itself with France during the War of the Third Coalition in exchange for getting...

Let's say, in some way or another, the Netherlands manage to unify most of germany for the exception of the southern states like bavaria, Wurttemberg etc.. and the dutch language becomes the dominante and native tongue of the peoples. What would this Dutch majority and led country be called?

What would be the electoral consequences of a Kaiserreich-like scenario in Germany? How would the Reichstag elections develop after WW1 en further into the future? Will there be a united conservative people’s party composed of the traditional conservative Deutschkonservatieve Partei (DKP) and...

Backstory: France's post war vision for Germany was to smash a unified German state into many smaller states and form a French sphere of influence in those German states. Those countries would be looking towards France for their economies, for culture, and for military protection. This all...

Prelude, April 1913 Generaloberst von Moltke, Chief of the Great German General Staff, sits at his desk sipping a steaming mug of soothing herbal tea to calm his nerves. An intelligence officer has just brought him the message that France has approved an offensive war plan. Details are not...

In original timeline, after the defeat from Napoleon during the War of the Fourth Coalition, Francis II of Austria dissolved the Holy Roman Empire. In turn, Napoleon created the Confederation of the Rhine, and provided a buffer against the former dominant German states of Austria and Prussia...

Friderick II of Prussia is accidentally killed in August 1759 during the battle. Prussia is completely demoralised and begs for peace, and eventually ends up being reduced to Brandenburg and Pomerania, with Russia taking East Prussia and Austria taking back Silesia. I seriously doubt it would...

This story is based off material in the book, TV series, and my own ideas. I will be expanding on how the Axis fell as the story continues. Munich suburbs, German Federal Republic "So Emily," her mother said, passing her a plate of lamb. "I hear there's someone at school whose caught your...

In a CP victory scenario, inwhich Luxembourg joins the German Empire as a new member state, how likely could it be that Prussia cedes the Britburg-Prüm region? Most of the area was historically Luxembourgish, and the cession would not only compensate for Luxembourg's loss of sovereignty, but it...

Hello, I was quite impressed with the work done on this thread (https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/demographics-of-a-surviving-austria-hungary-again.532307/), and was wondering if anyone here had the knowledge to do the same for the German Empire. Differences between this thread and...

King William III of the Netherlands, who died in 1890, outlived all three of his sons. His daughter Queen Wilhelmina was born in 1880 and succeeded him in 1890, under a regency of course by her mother. She reigned until her abdication in 1948 and died in 1962. Let's say Wilhelmina is never born...