AHC: WWI Entente victory, no deposition of CP monarchies

Would it be possible for the Entente to win WWI without the German Revolution, and the Habsburgs retaining at least one of their crowns?
 
Would it be possible for the Entente to win WWI without the German Revolution, and the Habsburgs retaining at least one of their crowns?

SavoyTruffle

Definitely. As late as 1917 after Karl became emperor there were discussions of a separate peace with him but unfortunately things fell through. This would have seen the Austrian empire continue with some border losses. If Austria had made a separate peace then quite possibly Germany would have done so earlier and preserved the monarchy.

More likely would be an earlier allied victory of somewhat more limited scope. Before it became a battle to the death and costs were so high people needed to believe in total victory some sort of non-total victory, when the central powers realised there was no point in fighting on, was possible.

Steve
 
Your big problem will be the Sultan. Even with an early Entente victory that leaves the core of Germany and Austria-Hungary untouched and allows their monarchies to continue, France and Britain will insist on heavy territorial cessions from the Ottomans. I doubt the monarchy would survive that.

But Germany and Austria-Hungary can easily come through. Abolishing their monarchies really wasn't a war aim until very late, except in the screechy propagandist "Hang the Kaiser" mode. I could see a settlement as late as 1917 that leaves both emperors enthroned while costing Germany perpiheral territory (Memelland, Northern Slesvig, bits of Prussian Poland and Silesia, Alsace-Lorraine) and the Austrians a bit more core stuff.
 
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