German russia alliance ?

I know I asked about this a while ago but what if the Kaiser and the Czar felt they had more in commn as fellow autocrats.

I know that Pan slavism and Germany's relationship with Austria are a problem but maybe not insuperable.

Russa's alliance with France was not obviously natural. Russia also had some hostility to Britain which Germany was also developing.


If there were eventual hositlities how much of a problem would France face, also how threatened would Britain's Indian and Middle East interests?
 
The French foreign policy from the mid nineteenth century was aimed at keeping Prussia / Germany weak. Hence the alliance with Russia.

I am not sure that Prussia would every be a natural friend to Russia given that both wanted to expand into Poland.
 

Anaxagoras

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Germany and Russia were allies during the 1870s and 1880s as part of the Three Emperors League. It fell apart because the interests of Austria and Russia in the Balkans were clashing. It's entirely possible that Germany would decide to throw Austria overboard rather than Russia, especially considering the close family relationship between the Kaiser and the Czar.
 
Germany and Russia were allies during the 1870s and 1880s as part of the Three Emperors League. It fell apart because the interests of Austria and Russia in the Balkans were clashing. It's entirely possible that Germany would decide to throw Austria overboard rather than Russia, especially considering the close family relationship between the Kaiser and the Czar.

It'd be interesting to see them carve up the Austrian Empire: Russia getting the Balkans and Germany central European possessions.
 

BlondieBC

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Germany and Russia were allies during the 1870s and 1880s as part of the Three Emperors League. It fell apart because the interests of Austria and Russia in the Balkans were clashing. It's entirely possible that Germany would decide to throw Austria overboard rather than Russia, especially considering the close family relationship between the Kaiser and the Czar.

Agreed.

And it is also possible that if Germany clearly back Russia before A-H, a workable solution could be found for the Balkans, and the three emperor league maintained.
 
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