grossdeutschland

So I’ve been looking up proposals about partitioning Germany after the World Wars, and it occurred to me that the way Germany was united in the first place by a state that originally wasn’t even within the modern nation’s borders is awfully confusing. So my challenge to the Before 1900 forum is...

Okay so hear me out: we all know that the Austro-hungarian army was rather ineffective during WW1. Could the resources used by Austro-Hungary be used better? What I'm thinking about is a Central powers compromised of a Grossdeutschland which is German Empire + Austria + Bohemian crown and a...