What would a Second World War look like if the Central Powers won World War One?

@Fehérvári And the Ottomans? and i doubt austria would want to add more minorities even if become a third leg in the kingdom, still a well organized A-H is a pretty powerful nation and would change things.

and why would german oppose A-H and viceversa post war? that not make sense.
 
@Fehérvári And the Ottomans? and i doubt austria would want to add more minorities even if become a third leg in the kingdom, still a well organized A-H is a pretty powerful nation and would change things.

and why would german oppose A-H and viceversa post war? that not make sense.
Karl I/IV actually wanted to add Poland to his realms, this was the so called Austropolish solution, which was accepted even by Germany until 1916, when the idea was completely scrapped, because of the Austrian dependence on Germany.
The German and Hungarian elements did oppose this solution, since it lessens their words, but overall they couldn't do much against it. The Reichsrat can be ignored and the Hungarians can be compensated, with for example Bosnia.

The Ottomans restored the prestige of their country, gained Karst and sime Aegean isles, which I forgot to mention. The Arab revolt was a mere joke, it can be easily crushed once the British are out of the way, the integrity of the country is not threatened what the Ottomans need is some foreign investment, but once they develop their oil production, they will be fine on their own. I don't see them join either side if there's a war, they can make the most profit if they sell oil to both sides.

The German AHP opposition is mostly because to simply make things interesting, however it's not completely unrealistic in the sense, that there could be some friction over Prussian Poland or Greater German unfication attempt, anything is possible. In the end a strong Germany(Prussia) is just another threat to the Habsburg Monarchy.

Sorry for the potential potato quality of my writing, I switched to phone.
 
Karl I/IV actually wanted to add Poland to his realms, this was the so called Austropolish solution, which was accepted even by Germany until 1916, when the idea was completely scrapped, because of the Austrian dependence on Germany.
Interesting, first time i hear it(generaly Karl was either not rock the boat or lets try FF rejected plans, one might work) here make sense and AHP take care of poland when Germany can take care of baltics, finland and later on Ukraine.

Nice details but i doubt the Hasburg would try something, germany can counter it with massive chaos with the minorities. Still a WW2 is possible like OTL but anything can happen...till it happen or no.
 
Nice details but i doubt the Hasburg would try something, germany can counter it with massive chaos with the minorities. Still a WW2 is possible like OTL but anything can happen...till it happen or no.
Well, it's not necessarily the AHP, who becomes ambitious or hostile towards Germany. Maybe an economical conflict, inwhich Germany attempts to shackle AHP to itself, which results in the coldening of relations. Germany gets even more aggressive and tries to seduce the Hungarians to destroy the Empire from within. Since the Hungarians are not necessarily in favor of a completely Germany dominated Europe, which would be the result if AHP disbanded, and they generally sympathise with the Poles, who would have to look at some hard times, if they remains left alone, the German plan for inner destruction would fail and might backfire diplomatically. The path for Habsburg-German hostilities are paved.

The minority problem is totally overstated, even during WW1. Until the K.u.K Armee doesn't collapse completely, they pose absolutely 0 threat. Especially, since the Trialist system reduced their numbers significantly, while the hungarisation and hungarianisation by the 40's could have tipped the balance in their side of the Empire. The Hungarians can grow >60% of the population including Croatia-Slavonia, which is more, than enough. The Czechs and Slovenes, if they have to decide between Austria and Germany, they choose Austria 100% of the times. The Serbs unable to do anything, their homecountry is a dependent of AHP, while they themselves are largely assimilated by the Croats, who in turn could be relatively satisfied, if Bosnia and Dalmatia becomes part of Hungary and within it, they gain these territories. The Ukraineans were not even a real problem for the Poles IOTL, they can bd dealt with locally. This lives the Romanians as potential tools for Germany. Their homecountry could provide help militarily as well, but the difficult terrain would make it hard for them to achieve anything on their own. If we add Bulgaria and their need for Dobrudja to the equation, Romania is not only neutralised, but also its precious oil falls into enemy hands.
 
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