DBWI: Prussia wins the Austro-Prussian War?

As we all know, the German Confederation defeated Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War with the aid of France. The result of which saw Prussia neutralized as a threat and Bismarck's ousting from political power. But my fellow readers, I have to ask, what if Austria lost the Austro-Prussian War? Do you think that Prussia would have gained the same level of influence that Austria has today?
 
As we all know, the German Confederation defeated Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War with the aid of France. The result of which saw Prussia neutralized as a threat and Bismarck's ousting from political power. But my fellow readers, I have to ask, what if Austria lost the Austro-Prussian War? Do you think that Prussia would have gained the same level of influence that Austria has today?

It could have gone either way, I suppose, but do remember, Austria has only remained the power that it is, thanks to Franz Josef III's willingness to reform the country into the Federation of the Danube in the 1920s, after they lost Trans-Balkan War.....because had that not happened, it might have gone down the same road that Prussia did in the '30s, with the rise of the Himmler regime and the Junkerpartei.

But perhaps if Prussia had indeed won the war, could they have avoided the rise of the hard-right in that country, that began in the 1880s? Would there have been no invasion and carving up of Schleswig-Holstein(and the annexation of the latter, including Hamburg, into Prussia)? Would there have been no funding of Polish nationalists such as Korzeniowski? We may never know for sure.

In any case, if you are seeking a victory for Prussia, you may wish to find a way to convince the Russians to enter the war on Prussia's behalf, instead of sitting out.....which may be difficult.
 
In any case, if you are seeking a victory for Prussia, you may wish to find a way to convince the Russians to enter the war on Prussia's behalf, instead of sitting out.....which may be difficult.

Tsar Alexander would be difficult to convince. That's definitely true. But if Russia got involved, then is it also probable that the British would get involved as well? And then there is the question of what would happen to Hanover? Would Hanover have been gobbled up by Prussia or would they have simply left it alone, content with their victory over Austria?
 

Kingpoleon

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Otto Von Bismarck had a serious case of the flu which kept him from keeping France from entering the war and convincing the numerous North German states to join him. If not for that, he could have easily become the most influential politician in history. We could have the famous Vienna Artist, Herr Hitler, paint him or the war's aftermath in Berlin, with a many-faced painting of a North German state led by Prussia.
 
Tsar Alexander would be difficult to convince. That's definitely true. But if Russia got involved, then is it also probable that the British would get involved as well? And then there is the question of what would happen to Hanover? Would Hanover have been gobbled up by Prussia or would they have simply left it alone, content with their victory over Austria?

Could have been the Global War 70 years early, just without the Ottoman Empire or the Russo-Chinese Front, that's all.
 
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