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Okay, so was watching Discovery's Abandoned Engineering, and found out that in the mid-1860s, with the January Uprising in Poland, there were fears of a war between Britain and Russia printed in The Times.

Prussia and Russia were making nice at the Alvensleben convention, wherein Prussia offered to help crush the rebellion. The Poles, OTOH, were betting their farms on support by Napoléon III. The Prussians already (according to wiki) saw that a war with France was coming. Also, Austria's actions alienated it from Russia (Crimean War 2.0).


WI there HAD been a war in '63/'64? Would this butterfly the Seven Weeks and Franco-Prussian Wars as we know them? How would this play out? Would Franz Josef choose a side this time? Or just stay in port and sail forth to congratulate the winner?
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