British India in a CP victory scenario

What does Germany and her allies do with India in the event of their WWI victory? Assuming the victory is decisive enough in both land and sea, does Germany gobble any parts of India? Do they let the British keep it? Or perhaps they do what the Entente did to Austria Hungary, and divide it into various polities?
 
For the Germans to decide the fate of India would require an absolute victory during the war, which likely includes an occupation of the UK.

Occupying the UK? They'd need to occupy Delhi as well. The simple fact is that Britain would be able to, and willing to if the need arose, give up every African Colony between Egypt and South Africa and all the Pacific Islands beyond Australia and New Zealand to Germany and retain India. And Germany would take it. People in India are just about getting to the point where they're seeking independence from britain. They're not going to listen to Germany.
 

Anaxagoras

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During the first half of the war, there were some fairly serious plots in India to raise an armed rebellion against British rule, some of which enjoyed covert German support. There was also a serious German effort to persuade the Emir of Afghanistan to declare war on Britain and invade India. What happens in British India will obviously depend on the POD, but if one of these plots enjoyed some measure of success as part of the German victory scenario, it would lead to a very interesting time.
 

Tsao

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During the first half of the war, there were some fairly serious plots in India to raise an armed rebellion against British rule, some of which enjoyed covert German support. There was also a serious German effort to persuade the Emir of Afghanistan to declare war on Britain and invade India. What happens in British India will obviously depend on the POD, but if one of these plots enjoyed some measure of success as part of the German victory scenario, it would lead to a very interesting time.

Been reading Hopkirk's work, haven't you?

Anyways, to answer the OP, Germany grabbing any part of India, even in a CP Victory Scenario, is about as likely as Wangenheim's insane dream for a German Constantinople.
 
Been reading Hopkirk's work, haven't you?

Anyways, to answer the OP, Germany grabbing any part of India, even in a CP Victory Scenario, is about as likely as Wangenheim's insane dream for a German Constantinople.

"After Britain fell the Russian and German Hordes began an epic fight for Constantinople while the Ottomans sat there and looked helpless."
 
Germany getting any part of India is ASB.

Really, the only colonies Germany could get are in Africa, and even with a decisvie victory even those are hardly assured.

Ultimately the British Navy was simply larger, stronger and more focused on the task of Dominance of the Sea, which, without an earlier PoD resulting
in Germany developing a Navy as large and powerful navy, is going to prevent a total German victory.
 
Been reading Hopkirk's work, haven't you?

Anyways, to answer the OP, Germany grabbing any part of India, even in a CP Victory Scenario, is about as likely as Wangenheim's insane dream for a German Constantinople.

Yup- by this point in time the Indian independence movement was already underway. If Britain loses the war in Europe this just means that Congress has a lot more leverage. By this time India is not Britians to give away- it's likely that this would lead to a strong and violent reaction from Congress and other parties.
 
No question of Germany getting any foothold in India.... But I think British defeat will not do good to the stability in the Crown's Jewel, especially with Caliphate factor in the formula...
 
No question of Germany getting any foothold in India.... But I think British defeat will not do good to the stability in the Crown's Jewel, especially with Caliphate factor in the formula...

What Caliphate factor?

If the Central Powers win that'd mean the Ottoman Empire would still exist, and since it was apart from being a state also the/a legitimate Caliphate, I can't imagine there'd be that many wanting to form a second one anymore than Catholics in the America's would want to form a new Papacy after Independence just because the old one was located in Europe.
 
No question of Germany getting any foothold in India.... But I think British defeat will not do good to the stability in the Crown's Jewel, especially with Caliphate factor in the formula...

Actually, the Caliphate (or rather the disestablishment of it) had more of an effect OTL on India than it's continued existence would have in a CP victory scenario (we are before the point where the independence movement became highly sectarianised, so on the whole we're not going to have the Caliphate urging Indian muslims to rise up in revolt).
 
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