Glen
Moderator
Susano said:Oh, Bavariaalways had a fair share of regionalism, that is true. But the only way they would vote for independance is if the results of Versailles where already published. That regionalism after all did not translate into seccesionism.
Well, at the end of WWI it appears that it did result in seccessionism. Whether this was just a political minority in power or represented the will of a plurality is unclear. Given that they both did break away (albeit briefly) and did have strong regionalism, I think there is a reasonable possibility for at least a plurality to support this.
The Austrian variant would be a possibility, but seeing that most Austrians wanted to join Germany, too, and that thus the Austrian Republic was seen as a tenporary affair at best, and an unatural state of affairs at worst, it woldnt be very popular with the Bavarians in that situation, either.
Unless those Bavarians felt it would put them in a stronger bargaining position with Berlin to be in union with Austria for the grand unification. Bavaria and Austria would make a strong Catholic Southern block.
No, theres absolutely no reason why Bavaria should NOT decide to stay with Germany.
Except that it did break with Germany, and didn't go back until the Freicorps rolled in. So really in the end, the question is, absent the Freicorps, why would they return to Germany?