France vs Austria-Hungary and Italy

Who wins

  • French total victory

    Votes: 1 6.3%
  • Limited French victory

    Votes: 3 18.8%
  • Stalemate

    Votes: 8 50.0%
  • Limited Austro-Italan victory

    Votes: 4 25.0%
  • Total Austro-Italian victory

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    16
This could perhaps be put on ASB because of how unrealistic this might sound. It was inspired by some of the other versus threads we have seen on here.

Say in 1914 France fought Austria-Hungary and Italy two on one. Invading Switzerland is optional, and will be met with no international response. No other powers will get involved.

Could France take on two other significant powers at once here?
 
Yes.

The Alps are too rugged to be passed easily and the French have a bigger navy than the other two combined IIRC. In my opinion the French would bleed them on the trenches of the Alps until the (I imagine) feeble Austrian-Italian alliance feezles out (the politicians might have agreed to it, but I doubt the Italian people would be sympathetic to an Austrian army moving through northern Italy). Small colonial theatres (maybe the French occupy Tripoli and the Italians Djibouti) and peace broked by other powers with a return to statu quo ante.
 
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