What if. Austria-Hungary falled apart before 1900, or at least before 1914? That is the Habsburgs lose control of the non-German areas. Would Germany try to conquer the German-speaking areas? And if so, would the Habsburgs ally with France? Possibly there would be German nationalists within Austria that would try to get rid of the Habsburgs and Germany would probably have given them economic support. And what about Britain. Traditionally Britain supported the German state that France did not support (and France always supported the weakest state, so as to keep Germany divided), but Britain would hardly want a united Germany, so I assume that Britain would have joined the French-Austrian alliance, which would probably have meant that Germany would not be able to take Austria. What do you say?