PoeFacedKilla
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In 1790 Prussia was supporting rebels across the Hapsburg empire and attempting an alliance with revolutionary France while Austria was finishing a war with the Turks that could have lead to a much larger Austrian empire.
Basically the two countries were at each others throats until the new emperor Leopold II took control and negotiated the Convention of Reichenbach where Austria agreed not to annex territory in the Balkans and Prussia agreed to stop supporting rebels across the empire and above all to form an alliance with Austria in containment of revolutionary France leading to the First Coalition.
My question is what if these two rivals never attempted diplomacy? Would they end up at war with one another? Would France side with Prussia, would they even be willing to go to war without an invasion? How would Austria look if they did start annexing Balkan territories?
This seems to me an overlooked POD that could have far reaching consequences.
Basically the two countries were at each others throats until the new emperor Leopold II took control and negotiated the Convention of Reichenbach where Austria agreed not to annex territory in the Balkans and Prussia agreed to stop supporting rebels across the empire and above all to form an alliance with Austria in containment of revolutionary France leading to the First Coalition.
My question is what if these two rivals never attempted diplomacy? Would they end up at war with one another? Would France side with Prussia, would they even be willing to go to war without an invasion? How would Austria look if they did start annexing Balkan territories?
This seems to me an overlooked POD that could have far reaching consequences.