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After seeing a nice new timeline with a different take on German unification it got me wondering about an alternate scenario. Is there a possibility that the 1848 revolution could have any chance of unifying the German lands in the German confederation of the time into an actual federal structure? And with such a unification happening, do you think France would risk a war against that country? Could such a war, if it happened, be an excuse to take Alsace-Lorraine from France even earlier than 1871? What kind of country would an 1848-baseline Germany be? I'm researching now, but some direction and ideas would be appreciated. I'm thinking such a Germany could avoid the Prussian militarism that led into WW1, but I doubt it will avoid entirely a European war at some point in the late 19th to early 20th century over something or other.
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