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As most of you that know a little bit about Europe or Germany history you will know that the unification of Germany did not come till as late as 1871 in which it was primarily Prussian led, by Otto Von Bismark.
My question is do you think WW2 would have even happened if Austria had won Prussia in 1866 as dominance over the unified idea of Greater Germany, unfortunately this did not happen and Austria was excluded from the German Empire.
Austria was part of The Holy Roman Empire of the German nation until 1806 and then the Congress of Vienna seen the German Confederation take place which is when in the 1800's the Pan-Germanism idea was hitting its peak, then in the German war Prussia firmly excluded all Austrian lands out of Germany and in 1918 you seen "The Republic of German Austria" want to become legally part of the new-German Republic but the Treaty of Versailles forbid this union between the two countries, in 1938 according to sources 99% of Austrians voted to become part of Nazi Germany, and Hitler an Austrian by birth himself had made his native home country become legally part of the German Reich and even he fought in WW1 in the German army and always identified himself as German, as most Austrians did pre-1945.
But the whole reason WW2 started is because the Nazis wanted "living space" and to re-occupy all pre-German lands such as Austria, Sudetenland, Danzig, and so on... and whilst the German massacres by the Polish in Danzig made Hitler even more angry and determined to invade Poland he offered an agreement for that land to become part of Germany, the same as in 1934 the Anschluss was attempted but stopped by the Italians but was allowed in 1938.
Do you think if Greater Germany had unified Germany WW1/WW2 would have even happened? People blame the Treaty of Versailles partially for the WW2 outbreak.
To be fair, although post-1945 Austrians do not like to be identified as German their do speak German and Austrians are ethnic Germans and do not want to become part of Germany anymore due to the prime attachment and negative stigma with Hitler and Nazism, but do you think that if Austria had booted Prussia out from Germany it would have made anything different in the 1900's?
My question is do you think WW2 would have even happened if Austria had won Prussia in 1866 as dominance over the unified idea of Greater Germany, unfortunately this did not happen and Austria was excluded from the German Empire.
Austria was part of The Holy Roman Empire of the German nation until 1806 and then the Congress of Vienna seen the German Confederation take place which is when in the 1800's the Pan-Germanism idea was hitting its peak, then in the German war Prussia firmly excluded all Austrian lands out of Germany and in 1918 you seen "The Republic of German Austria" want to become legally part of the new-German Republic but the Treaty of Versailles forbid this union between the two countries, in 1938 according to sources 99% of Austrians voted to become part of Nazi Germany, and Hitler an Austrian by birth himself had made his native home country become legally part of the German Reich and even he fought in WW1 in the German army and always identified himself as German, as most Austrians did pre-1945.
But the whole reason WW2 started is because the Nazis wanted "living space" and to re-occupy all pre-German lands such as Austria, Sudetenland, Danzig, and so on... and whilst the German massacres by the Polish in Danzig made Hitler even more angry and determined to invade Poland he offered an agreement for that land to become part of Germany, the same as in 1934 the Anschluss was attempted but stopped by the Italians but was allowed in 1938.
Do you think if Greater Germany had unified Germany WW1/WW2 would have even happened? People blame the Treaty of Versailles partially for the WW2 outbreak.
To be fair, although post-1945 Austrians do not like to be identified as German their do speak German and Austrians are ethnic Germans and do not want to become part of Germany anymore due to the prime attachment and negative stigma with Hitler and Nazism, but do you think that if Austria had booted Prussia out from Germany it would have made anything different in the 1900's?