Wilhelm I. and Prussian Generals were eager to take Vienna in 1866 and pull a harsh , treaty of Frankfurt´ like peace agreement. Bismarck, who was already planning a future Franco-Prussian war didn´t approve, so it didn´t happen .
What if the confrontation between the "Iron Chancellor" and King Wilhelm I. leads to Bismarck´s dismission ? Could Prussian militaristic megalomania lead to a battle of Vienna? What would Franz Joseph´s fate look like ? Could Prussia pull an Anschluss and annex German speaking Austria while the rest of Austrian Empire collapses ? (Maybe with Hungary gaining independence as a Kingdom de jure (Depends on Russian reaction) , Polish partition Austrian occupied Poland annexed to Prussian occupied Poland) . How would the Great Powers react of a Middle Earopean Power, that emerges into an expansionist militaristic nation ?
What if the confrontation between the "Iron Chancellor" and King Wilhelm I. leads to Bismarck´s dismission ? Could Prussian militaristic megalomania lead to a battle of Vienna? What would Franz Joseph´s fate look like ? Could Prussia pull an Anschluss and annex German speaking Austria while the rest of Austrian Empire collapses ? (Maybe with Hungary gaining independence as a Kingdom de jure (Depends on Russian reaction) , Polish partition Austrian occupied Poland annexed to Prussian occupied Poland) . How would the Great Powers react of a Middle Earopean Power, that emerges into an expansionist militaristic nation ?
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