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One of the greatest diplomatic coups of the Great War was the "Austrian betrayal" of 1916.

With Vienna already on the ropes and facing collapse,he Kaiser sufficiently alienated the Austrians to the point that they acquiesced to Entente demands and gave large territorial cessions. Russia gained Galicia-Lodomeria. Romania gained Bukovina and Southern Transylvania. Serbia gained Bosnia, Kotor, and eastern Syrmia. Italy gained Trentino, Gorizia, and Gradisca. Dalmatia was partitioned between Serbia and Italy. Austria meanwhile retained Trieste and was promised gains at Germany's expense - Silesia and Sorbia.

What if Austria hadn't betrayed Germany? Would Germany develop different without the "Stab in the Back" ideology? Without the Hungarian revolt, would the recentralization of the Austrian state still have occurred?
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