Minty_Fresh
Banned
The Franco-American alliance put Britain on the defensive almost everywhere in the world except for maybe India when you think about it. This is because the Dutch and Spanish were also involved.
Essentially, Britain had never before fought a major European war by itself, and this created a challenge for them in defending the empire.
What if Frederick the Great decided to take advantage of that and try to impose his will on some of Britain's Germanic allies? Say he decides that he wants to take over Hannover or Hesse-Kassel or any of the tiny principalities that sent troops to Britain (remember, OTL he banned the German states that provided Britain with mercenaries from crossing Prussian territory, and he hated George III with a passion). These states fought with Prussia during the Seven Years War, alongside Britain as well, but Frederick was nothing if not land hungry. I find it hard to believe that Britain could have sent troops to Germany and staved off a Prussian attack on their relatively puny allies.
Does anyone see this as plausible? And what would Maria Theresa and the Austrians make of all of this?
Essentially, Britain had never before fought a major European war by itself, and this created a challenge for them in defending the empire.
What if Frederick the Great decided to take advantage of that and try to impose his will on some of Britain's Germanic allies? Say he decides that he wants to take over Hannover or Hesse-Kassel or any of the tiny principalities that sent troops to Britain (remember, OTL he banned the German states that provided Britain with mercenaries from crossing Prussian territory, and he hated George III with a passion). These states fought with Prussia during the Seven Years War, alongside Britain as well, but Frederick was nothing if not land hungry. I find it hard to believe that Britain could have sent troops to Germany and staved off a Prussian attack on their relatively puny allies.
Does anyone see this as plausible? And what would Maria Theresa and the Austrians make of all of this?