WI: Independent Kingdom of Prussia

Like the title says, Prussia survives. Albeit, a lot smaller (maybe current day Kalingrad with parts of North-East Poland and Eastern Lithuania, basically the Duchy of Prussia borders).

As for what causes this: Wilhelm II somehow escapes to Prussia and establishes his small kingdom there (along with those loyal to him). What happens with WWII (assuming the rest of German history is relatively similar, with Hitler and the Nazi's still gaining power), who do they ally with and what is the small Kingdom's future for the rest of the 20th and into the 21st century (what's their relations like with Eastern and Western Germany, how do they deal with the USSR as well as the rest of europe post WWII.
 

Rarename91

Banned
Like the title says, Prussia survives. Albeit, a lot smaller (maybe current day Kalingrad with parts of North-East Poland and Eastern Lithuania, basically the Duchy of Prussia borders).

As for what causes this: Wilhelm II somehow escapes to Prussia and establishes his small kingdom there (along with those loyal to him). What happens with WWII (assuming the rest of German history is relatively similar, with Hitler and the Nazi's still gaining power), who do they ally with and what is the small Kingdom's future for the rest of the 20th and into the 21st century (what's their relations like with Eastern and Western Germany, how do they deal with the USSR as well as the rest of europe post WWII.
The Entente Powers would never allow and have the kaiser removed from power.
 
The Entente Powers would never allow and have the kaiser removed from power.
so Willy abdicates in favor of the next in line. Prussia is a lot smaller and not a part of Germany.

That said its still screwed both Poland and Lithuania jump on it at the first chance, but lets just say they don't for some odd reason. WW II roles around, its reabsorbed into Germany, and after the war becomes either as it is now, a separate communist state, or a part of poland
 
and lets just say that an independent Prussia would be a unique butterfly flapping, with the Former Kings Of Germany at the helm, it would be a first target for a Nazi Germany if you got that, as having Prussia still in existence would make the dynamic interesting to say the least.

but again .. you have quite a while to worry about Nazis.. Prussia had been spending several hundred years pissing off Poland who I am certain would like the place with out the germans, so the odds of Prussia even making it to a hypothetical WWII are not that grand, unless they somehow work the beaten broke royal brethren who don't want to be king of the Germans but only to be left to their historic lands; begging and pleading to the british at every chance and garner support thus instead making Poland the aggressor.

Basically Prussia and the monarchy are screwed no matter what it does after WW 1 with no out side support, a shoe string budget, 20 acers of land and everyone blaming them for the war. eh..
 
The Entente Powers would never allow and have the kaiser removed from power.

maybe by some miracle they get help from some powerful entity that will allow it (not sure who though would stick their neck out to protect some tiny country in eastern europe). Or he can abdicate in favour of the Kingdoms continued existence.
 

BigBlueBox

Banned
I don't think Poland would try to outright annex KoP. The NatDems wouldn't want a big German minority in Poland and Pilsudski would recognize that its existence is very useful for Poland. They would likely pressure it into relinquishing Danzig and signing favorable trade deals with Poland.

Many Germans opposed to the Nazis could immigrate/defect to the KoP. This could include some of Germany's best officers, scientists, and engineers. A coup against Hitler is also more likely, because they already have a legitimate "government-in-exile"* that could take power immediately after. Poland would probably hold out longer because Nazi encirclement tactics would be less effective without East Prussia. Poland's economy would probably be in a better place because they could still trade with KoP while going through the trade war with Germany.

*KoP could claim to be the legitimate government of all of Germany, kind of like how Taiwan claims to be the legitimate government of all of China.
 
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