DBWI: Prussian Victory in the Franco-Prussian War

Jimmyson

Banned
What if the Prussians were able to defeat the French in the Franco-Prussian war.
I know this is unlikely due to the disparity in equipment. (The French rifles had almost twice the range of the Prussians). What would happen would we see a stronger Prussia, perhaps a Franco-Russian Alliance against the Prussians.
 
Prussia? What's that?
Poor them after getting their asses ended to them the Austrian took back their lost territories.
 
It could be done, most people forget that the Prussians had better artillery than the French at the time

I think the real issue was the series of Snafus that occurred with their mobilization, if someone could work that out they could probably win

Assuming that Prussia wins WWI is butterflyed as this victory would cement the North German Confederation into a real German state, and Austria-Hungary would not have over extended itself and fallen apart, leading to WWI over who gets the scraps

So we may see a united Germany, that does not include all of the Germans however as Austria would survive
 
It could be done, most people forget that the Prussians had better artillery than the French at the time

I think the real issue was the series of Snafus that occurred with their mobilization, if someone could work that out they could probably win

Assuming that Prussia wins WWI is butterflyed as this victory would cement the North German Confederation into a real German state, and Austria-Hungary would not have over extended itself and fallen apart, leading to WWI over who gets the scraps

So we may see a united Germany, that does not include all of the Germans however as Austria would survive

lol, a germany without austria? next thing you're going to tell me it would not include the swiss germans or dutch :rolleyes:

a united germany would probably keep russia from beeing dismembered in the greater war after it modernized too much and became a far too large threat to keep around.
 

d32123

Banned
Obviously this is going to have HUGE butterflies for the 20th century. I'd love to see someone attempt a TL based on this, because I honestly don't think this point of divergence is too implausible and would be interesting to see played out into the modern era.
 
lol, a germany without austria? next thing you're going to tell me it would not include the swiss germans or dutch :rolleyes:

a united germany would probably keep russia from beeing dismembered in the greater war after it modernized too much and became a far too large threat to keep around.
Hey its not the most likely and I think Austria would eventually be absorbed, but Austria and Prussia did not like each other, and if Prussia wins any German state would be dominated by them, so Austria would not want it, and without over extending itself by retaking its territories and earning the enmity of all of its neighbors it may survive until the Austro-Hungarian compromise expires in 1917 and Austria gets absorbed by whatever German state exists

Honestly without the hellstorm that was the World Wars Switzerland may have survived intact, it tried to be neutral, but we all know what neutrality meant in that period

The Netherlands also may stay independent without the destabilization that occurred with the world wars

Not sure about Russia surviving, everyone wanted a chunk of it and it was too much of a threat to remain intact
 
Hey its not the most likely and I think Austria would eventually be absorbed, but Austria and Prussia did not like each other, and if Prussia wins any German state would be dominated by them, so Austria would not want it, and without over extending itself by retaking its territories and earning the enmity of all of its neighbors it may survive until the Austro-Hungarian compromise expires in 1917 and Austria gets absorbed by whatever German state exists

Honestly without the hellstorm that was the World Wars Switzerland may have survived intact, it tried to be neutral, but we all know what neutrality meant in that period

The Netherlands also may stay independent without the destabilization that occurred with the world wars

Not sure about Russia surviving, everyone wanted a chunk of it and it was too much of a threat to remain intact
What are you saying we stayed neutral and we were left alone:confused:
 
What are you saying we stayed neutral and we were left alone:confused:
No what I am saying is that in the scenario we are discussing there is a chance that the Netherlands and Switzerland may be able to remain neutral in WWI, or at least not end up in the situation where things are disrupted enough that joining a German state is necessary

OOC:I imagine this TL's *WWI to be a lot nastier than ours
 
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