AHC: German Kongo

[Simreeve]

Then what would be the best outcome for the Congo?

If it's going to be colonised by somebody, anyway, then British rule is probably the best option.

 

[zeppelinair]

If it's going to be colonised by somebody, anyway, then British rule is probably the best option.

but wouldn't other powers disagree over the fact that Britain, the strongest power in the world, has monopoly over a land rich with rubber and other natural resources?

 

[PoeFacedKilla]

but wouldn't other powers disagree over the fact that Britain, the strongest power in the world, has monopoly over a land rich with rubber and other natural resources?

probably, but whos going to stop them?

 

[Max Sinister]

1) The Germans have to want it. The German government was often relatively lukewarm on the whole colonial idea.

Especially Bismarck. You can butterfly him away, but then you also don't have a united Germany. And if Prussia doesn't even get S-H and Hannover, they are in no position to grab colonies.

 

[zeppelinair]

Especially Bismarck. You can butterfly him away, but then you also don't have a united Germany. And if Prussia doesn't even get S-H and Hannover, they are in no position to grab colonies.

so getting Bismark away makes a smaller Prussia that is more interested in weltpolitik?

 

[Max Sinister]

No, on the contrary. They wouldn't be strong enough to take colonies. Maybe Namibia, if no one else wants it.

 

[zeppelinair]

No, on the contrary. They wouldn't be strong enough to take colonies. Maybe Namibia, if no one else wants it.

Or we could chill the relations between Bismark and his emperor, which forces Bismark to resign earlier than IOTL. This could bring some changes in German foreign policy.