Talleyrand partition plan accepted impact on the Franco-Prussian war

Say the Talleyrand partition plan is accepted

What would the impact on the Franco-Prussian war and World War 1

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Say the Talleyrand partition plan is accepted

What would the impact on the Franco-Prussian war and World War 1

Ignoring my sceptisism about the implementation of this plan and these exact borders, I would say that there would be no Franco-Prussian war or World War 1. At least in the way we know it. This would change 19th century politics drastically.
 
Lets just go with a General German-French conflict similar to otl in those time periods
Generaly speaking, I think France would be in a better position than OTL, having access to the coalfields of Hainaut. Germany would have access to the coalfields of Liege and Dutch Limburg (assuming these borders, which as I said are unlikely), but I think France would still have the edge resource wise. I think that OTL Franco-Prussian war could have gone a different way if France had been better prepared. With butterflies because of a completely different France politics and industrialisation, compared with a different political situation (no Luxemburg crisis for example), France might be able to defeat Prussia. Thing is, it is realy hard to speculate about something without considering the 40 years between it and other consequences. Simply put, France would be in a better position than OTL, but could still lose.
 
Yes, the Bruselles and northen area, to add whatever they do, but as Others have say, with this, the french-german tensions are lower unless Nappy III botched it as OTL.
If France loses would Germany take any of Walloon ?
 
France would have access to large and rich populations and to relatively more heavy industry, but this annexation would change the calculus greatly. Prussia, for its part, now has substantial Francophone populations that could conceivably be the focus of a French irredenta. Or might Prussia try to bargain these away in exchange for French support against Austria, as Piedmont did Savoy and Nice?

Things will be butterflied greatly. All I can say is that, without buffer states, Franco-Prussian tensions might get sharp earlier.
 
Things will be butterflied greatly. All I can say is that, without buffer states, Franco-Prussian tensions might get sharp earlier.
That might be a good thing for France. If there is an earlier conflict there is a good chance not all of Germany would support Prussia. A smaller Prussia than Prussia after the Austrian Prussian war, thus weaker, thus possibly easier for France to defeat.
 
That might be a good thing for France. If there is an earlier conflict there is a good chance not all of Germany would support Prussia. A smaller Prussia than Prussia after the Austrian Prussian war, thus weaker, thus possibly easier for France to defeat.

France might have been able to defeat Prussia OTL had it advanced its military reforms by a couple of years.
 
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