Hapsburg said:7) Modern, my ass! its 1880s timeframe is not modern by any strtch of the word.
IIRC, the US Civil War is generally regarded as the "first modern war."
Hapsburg said:7) Modern, my ass! its 1880s timeframe is not modern by any strtch of the word.
Hapsburg said:1) Danzig is a free city, not necisarily "owned" by Prussia, just as Bremen and Hanover are free cities not necisarily owned by the "FRG" today.
Wikipedia said:In the first of the late 18th century Partitions of Poland (1772), German-speaking inhabitants of Gdańsk, fought fiercely to stay independent, while the majority of Polish Pomerania fell to the Kingdom of Prussia. Danzig was surrounded by the Prussian territories until 1793, when it was incorporated into the Prussian kingdom as part of the province of West Prussia.
Hapsburg said:2) thats because italy deonst get involved in this one.
Hapsburg said:3) like I said, if your friend is being jumped, you'd help him, no matter how quiet you are. esp. if Prussia sends telegrams to the us for help!
Hapsburg said:4) As explained in the 1st post, Napoleon III's "last straw" is Prussia's seisure of neutral haseatic cities, and aggresive foreign policy towards France. Osterreich, however, makes peace with France and allies with them. A stronger ally is a stronger you.
Hapsburg said:5) Ottomans fanaticism and etc. Crete puts up a better defense than the mainland Greeks, and form a monarchy, with a decendant of Minos as King.
Hapsburg said:6) Necessity is the mother of invenstion, you know.
Hapsburg said:7) Modern, my ass! its 1880s timeframe is not modern by any stretch of the word. France is devastated because they are whupped so completely. Austira-Germany is devastated, but not completely. Many are killed in the East, but Vienna isn't hit directly. Because of German patriotism and thier will to be live ,they force the Russians out. Russia and France are equally determined to rule europe, and in this thing, italian unification is not realized.
Hapsburg said:8)France owned it once before, and the allies aren't going ot be overly cruel, seeing as the French see them as liberators from Babtiste's dictotorial regime.
Hapsburg said:9) American ultranationalism, thrill of recent victory, and also that it seemed like an easy victory, but they were proved somewhat wrong. Many, many other smaller reasons also contribute.
Hapsburg said:10) Netherlands is owned by Germany in this TL, and the Flemish revolutionaries are a pro-austrian subgroup. Only 999 delegates vote in the Plebiscite, that's why. One didn't arrive(or was assassinated).
Hapsburg said:Like i said, i wrote this TWO F*CKING YEARS AGO!! DO I HAVE TO REPEAT IT FIFTY F*CKING TIMES????!!!??!?! JEEZ!!!
After this, i did some more research on the suject, but i haven't edited the orignal story. Mainly b/cuz, im planning on dropping it entirely.
Go find the thread "Holy Roman Empire under Vandox" you'll find it to be a bit more realistic, albiet some unbleiveable things such as Vandox unifying the German princes.
The thread shouldn'tbe too far from here.
Thread necromancy!My "The Rise of the South" is more plausible than this. At least my TL didn't have freakishly big technological advancements. Okay, it may have had (or, given the current setting of the TL, has) a crazy dictator. But seriously, this is ASB beyond ASB.
My "The Rise of the South" is more plausible than this. At least my TL didn't have freakishly big technological advancements. Okay, it may have had (or, given the current setting of the TL, has) a crazy dictator. But seriously, this is ASB beyond ASB.
Well, it sure is a sign of how bad his TL is, that he had to go back all the way to 2005 to find one that he could claim to be even worse.And you actually went digging through the archives to find a TL that you could be snarky about? And you actually ended up digging one up from almost five years ago? That's just sad.
Kind of a "what if" of Austria and the Austro-Prussian War. Result is: Austria wins and invades Prussia. Other nations get involved...yada, yada yada.
1866-
The Seven Week War ends in favor of Austria. Austrian troops invade Prussia, and drags Hanover, Saxony, Hessia, and Mecklenburg into war. The Austrians gained the support of Bavaria, Baden, and Württemburg. Together, the Austrian Alliance obliterated Saxony, Hessia, and The Rhineland-Palatinate (a Prussian province). The Prussians immediately seized Danzig, the free city, and all Hanseatic League cities. The Prussian economy boosted from the seizure of these port cities. Public outcry from France, Denmark, and the Netherlands almost draw outside nations into the conflict.
1867-
US sends the Army 55th and 53rd Regiments, as well as the 5th US Marine Battalion to Prussia .