AHC/WI: Denmark, Sweden, Austria, and Prussia join the Crimean War

TFSmith121

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Which powers do each of the four ally with?

Austria could join the Russians in settling the Eastern Question, or they could join the Western Allies in defending the Ottoman Empire.

Prussia is probably not yet ready to challenge the Austrians for dominance in Germany, but they may want to deal with the Danes while the British are otherwise engaged; the Russians may also be willing to offer some territorial gains in return for a Prussian alliance, which may, in turn, influence the Austrians.

The Danes may and Swedes may have a reason to support the British and French in the Baltic, but given their potential vulnerabilities to the Russians, they may decide to sit this one out - as they did, historically.

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Austria would probably join up with Russia, given the fact that even keeping neutral as they did, were questionable as it gave them a rep as someone not upholding alliances.

This means that Prussia on the other hand would be most likely to join up with the allies.

Sweden and Denmark ... well ... from where i'm sitting it appears that their best arguments would push either for joining Russia (royal ties, danish hopes to trade some claims off the russians have on Holstein and solidifying control of it, swedish hopes to grab some lost land in swedish pommerania and trading for Finland), or sitting it out (out of concern about becomming first line against an attack through the baltic)
 
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