That is silly. What would the US do against Germany... in the 1860s?
You tell me. Accidental murder of a nobleman? Sinking of a ship mistakenly. These things happen, it's not so out there.
Ha! That is a translation problem. The German name was "Deutscher Bund", similarly you had the "Rheinbund" (Confederation of the Rhine), "Norddeutscher Bund" (North German Confederation) and, mind you "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (Federal Republic of Germany). The literal, English cognate for "Bund" is 'bond', however, usually, it is translated as either confederation or federation in English, depending on what actually describes it better. Interestingly, the "Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft" (literally "oath companionship") is also rendered as "Swiss Confederation" in English. Does that mean the Swiss are going to ally with the CSA?! I doubt it.
That's not really what I meant... I meant that Confederates would find some comfort in this translation. Not that every nation that had ever been called a Confederation was pro C.S.A.
It bothers me that those were the only parts of that you read and commented on. I wanted to discuss or even argue. Not be attacked and patronized. So let's talk...
How can we make it work? Is it worth trying to force into working? Does anyone else like the idea of Confederate Generals augmenting the Kaiser's army? Confederate politicians rising in Germany?
A successful Communist Revolution in 1918 (or even earlier) followed by the embarrassing and debilitating collapse of the economy with her defeat in WW1.
Grand Wizard Hitler taking control sooner and more violently and the descendants of Southern soldiers (Nathan Bedford Forrest III in the Luftwaffe?) fighting for Hitler?
C'mon...
EDIT: Howabout something less drastic... Germany offers ex-Confederates land deals as it needs labor for industrialization and the South is inundated with Carpetbaggers.
Even 20,000 ex-Confederates in OTL's Germany could cause a major shift, right?
There's also this which (though I haven't read it) doesn't seem too ASB:
http://uchronia.com/bib.cgi/label.html?id=amerandenf
Confederados going to Germany instead of Brazil and Confederate mercenaries hired (by Prussia?) to help establish order and strengthen the military. This could work, yeah?