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AHC: Have Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire ally with each other from the 1866 Augsleich up until April 1914. Before anybody gets too clever and says: "OTL*". OTL they did not align until Nov 1914.

In OTL, Austria-Hungary did take some Ottoman territory, but was quite conservative in expansion and far less threatening to the Ottomans than local nationalities or Russia. Meanwhile, the two sides had common enemies in terms of Serbia, and a common strategic fear of Russia.




*Saying "that's OTL" is used far more often on the board than is justified, and is completely non-productive toward the discussion. It should be ignored except in cases of demonstrable, inarguable historical ignorance, and even then a PM might be a more polite way to do it.
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