What if Bismarck Decided to TAKE Bohemia?

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  • Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2024
  • After the end of the Prussian-Austrian War, Otto von Bismarck planned to join the Kingdom of Bohemia to the North German Confederation.
    However, he was well aware that if he did so, he would make Austria his arch-enemy, who could oppose him in the following conflicts.
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  • @alisinanucer
    @alisinanucer 10 часов назад +418

    Austria is basically a domino
    Push one and u push all of them

    • @TogepiX
      @TogepiX 10 часов назад +11

      Really 😂

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад +21

      Best way to put it lol

    • @LawnBotMk4
      @LawnBotMk4 8 часов назад

      Love my country

    • @DaviDeatan
      @DaviDeatan 6 часов назад

      You are always using "lol" in comments its already annoying​@@rewriting-history

    • @thecolorblue9609
      @thecolorblue9609 4 часа назад

      Hungary being the most important domino

  • @Aurelian277
    @Aurelian277 6 часов назад +34

    I think that the kaiser wanted to annex Bohemia, but Bismarck refused because he wanted to make Austria an ally. It could be also intresting, because in this scenario, after WW1, Bohemia could get back Silesia or at least parts of it.

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  5 часов назад +9

      Oh yeah, but I couldn't explore this aspect as I am working only with 60 seconds

    • @emberglaze
      @emberglaze 5 часов назад +5

      ​@@rewriting-history recently youtube allowed shorts to be up to 3 minutes long, i already have seen multiple shorts that are longer than 60 seconds (like 1:30-2:00)
      i think you could experiment with that, ill watch all of it 🙏

  • @Carpediem357
    @Carpediem357 4 часа назад +19

    I think Prussia would indeed allow the Czechs to speak Czech because at the end of WW1. When Belarus gained independence the Germans funded and helped them reintroduce the Belarusian language.

  • @Notexactlydat
    @Notexactlydat 10 часов назад +142

    They didnt want beef with austro hungary

    • @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ
      @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ 10 часов назад +9

      King Wilhelm and his military officers did want to push forward for a complete and thorough victory. Bismarck had to restrain them

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад +13

      Yes, but if this happens they can ally France (or Russia) instead of Austria, which is really cursed, yet really interesting

    • @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ
      @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ 7 часов назад +2

      @@rewriting-history highly doubtful that'd be the case.
      Napoleon was adamant to curtail Prussian power. His grip on power hang in the balance: if he wasn't able to humble France's overreaching east neighbour with a decisive diplomatic or military victory, the inner opposition would find the opportunity to depose him

    • @Alpatrixx
      @Alpatrixx 6 часов назад +1

      @@ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ probably russia

  • @carlovignati421
    @carlovignati421 5 часов назад +14

    More over, Italy would easily take Trento, Bolzano, Trieste and dalmatia

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  5 часов назад +8

      For sure, Austria would be screwed.
      Somebody commented that Austria-Hungary was like a domino, you push one piece and the whole thing collapses

  • @emapois97
    @emapois97 9 часов назад +13

    Prussia could ally with Hungary, cause the second one would need protection against Russia, Romania, the Ottomans and Serbia.
    It could even take place an earlier Anschluss, letting Italy to take some regions.

  • @immortalandeternalgod-empe4681
    @immortalandeternalgod-empe4681 9 часов назад +3

    Well no, the czechs were opposed to an integration into a german nation. During the 48/49 they even tried to create there own state.

    • @karelkieslich6772
      @karelkieslich6772 3 часа назад +2

      That’s true, they were offered to join in 1848 and strictly refused.

  • @Mohamed-k20
    @Mohamed-k20 9 часов назад +59

    Yo he will annex the broken austrian empire then he can unite and make a holy Roman empire 😂

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад +3

      Possibly as it's already too unrealistic either way

  • @lukasfencl5512
    @lukasfencl5512 2 часа назад +1

    not only kingdom of bohemia but also margrave of moravia

  • @justagreekhistorian
    @justagreekhistorian 9 часов назад +22

    "Hungary would gain independence" I mean that's not really that different from our timeline is it not?
    The real challenge Prussia would face in this alternate timeline is that, if Germany does annex Bohemia and Moravia, most European powers would immediately become opposed to the state and the alliance structure of our timeline may unfold much sooner and WW1 would likely break out much sooner too

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад +5

      I see the Austrian portion collapsing, so I can see Hungary getting total independence, but as they won't have a king that is not Habsburg, Europe can suffer a Hungarian Succession Crisis, which I really cannot explain in just 60 seconds

    • @TEKerbal
      @TEKerbal 9 часов назад +1

      Prussia could try to get a Hohenzollern Prince on the throne and get an ally in Hungary, And could try to Ally with russia by helping them recover from the Economic Crisis caused by Crimean War

    • @basscannonjake1235
      @basscannonjake1235 8 часов назад +1

      @@TEKerbalWouldn’t the Russians also try to get a romanov on the Hungarian Throne

  • @pippopasticcio4345
    @pippopasticcio4345 10 часов назад +29

    Idea for a video:what if Kingdom of Two Sicilies united Italy?

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад +3

      I should do what if X united italy as a mini series in youtube shorts

    • @TheIraqiMapper
      @TheIraqiMapper 9 часов назад

      Yeah like what if the papal states united Italy
      ​@@rewriting-history

    • @pippopasticcio4345
      @pippopasticcio4345 8 часов назад

      Yeah that would be extremly cool. ​@@rewriting-history

  • @CrabGamin
    @CrabGamin 9 часов назад +3

    Yo a smaller version of this is my favorite alt history scenario.
    To sum it up, Prussia, Italy, Romania, the Ottomans, and Russia invaded Austria and take some land, including Prussia, with small parts of the sudetenland, (I dont know how spell that) and then fight the French in the same way. The new factions are Russia, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Montenegro, against the UK, France, Austria, the Ottomans, Japan, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Bulgaria, with Murica joining later. Who wins? Idk.

  • @nyroh3891
    @nyroh3891 5 часов назад +1

    honestly a scenario like that with an alliance between imperial France and imperial Germany I don't see who could oppose such alliance

    • @Very_Precious_water
      @Very_Precious_water 5 часов назад

      Maybe they would ally with russia instead? IDK

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 3 часа назад

      It's basically just the Anglo-Japanese alliance plus Italy.

  • @karelkieslich6772
    @karelkieslich6772 3 часа назад

    Austria could then re-unite with Bavaria, that could be a pretty functional state, provided they get to keep Slovenia and Trieste!
    And Czechs, Poles (including Silesians who would form a distinct identity in this scenario) and Sorbs could then push for national and religious recognition within Prussia. I imagine that the Czechs would be pretty happy within Prussia, if it gave them cultural and religious freedom and some degree of local autonomy. Not sure about the Poles, though.
    Eventually Prussia might split into German vs Slavic parts, or if it played the national cards well, it could become a bigger Switzerland, mostly German but with federatee West Slavic provinces. I imagine that if successful, such a federation might get also the Balts from Russia, all Polish regions from Russia, and potentially also win Galicia from Russia. But that’s probably a stretch.

  • @manchuriamapping-1638
    @manchuriamapping-1638 8 часов назад +1

    Could you please make a video of what if romania joined the allies to regain territory lost in the Vienna Awards and even potentially Bessarabia

  • @Jade-Official472
    @Jade-Official472 10 часов назад +8

    with this, ww1 would never happen and subsequently all these empires would still exist (maybe not russia but idk).

    • @karelkieslich6772
      @karelkieslich6772 3 часа назад

      It most certainly would happen because at its core, it was a fight between Germany and Russia over eastern Europe, with the key prize being Ukraine and its fertile soil. Don’t forget this was the time when food was still scarce and having Ukraine basically meant being able to feed almost unlimited population, or in Germany’s case, allowing your entire population to work in industry.
      WW1 was additionally an attempt of Germany to break through to the atlantic and get colonies, but this was always doomed, so the ultimate goal was domination over eastern Europe. Which was bound to conflict with Russia’s interest to do the same.
      As ww1 didn’t actually resolve this conflict, we got ww2, which was fundamentally again about the same: Germany trying to wrestle eastern Europe (mainly Ukraine) out of the USSR.
      It’s fascinating that the typical perception is that ww1 was about bosnia or balkans, and ww2 was about france. At their core, both wars were about eastern Europe, chiefly Ukraine, that was the war aim at least.

    • @Jade-Official472
      @Jade-Official472 Час назад

      @ pretty sure germany would ally russia and france

  • @rodrigopena6410
    @rodrigopena6410 8 часов назад +1

    Bismarck was very wise, but he was ultimatly in the wrong side of history

  • @Prussiankingdom1871
    @Prussiankingdom1871 9 часов назад +3

    I think franco prussian war still happened but Austria will allied to napoleon III

  • @gengarzilla1685
    @gengarzilla1685 3 часа назад

    Hmm. I think this would be a nice (unrealistic) starting point for a Franco-German alliance during an alternate WW1. At a minimum, you'd have Britain and Italy against France and Greater Germany because there's no way an early Anschluss doesn't happen here once the south German states are subjugated.
    It'd be interesting material for a full video if you weren't busy with Red World.

  • @aarohalme1020
    @aarohalme1020 8 часов назад

    Extremely risky as it breaks the balance of power and could lead to outside intervention.
    Though if they successfully did so, they would likely also take austrian silesia and need to co-operate with Russia in the short term to avoid an eastern front.

  • @AjaryaRajput
    @AjaryaRajput 10 часов назад +3

    What if the Anarchists won in Ukraine during the Russian Civil war

  • @phantomultima
    @phantomultima 6 часов назад

    I think Germany would move in to Seize Austria and unite with the Southern States, still leading to a Franco-Prussian war that would end relatively the same way.

  • @joaogabrielimperial7777
    @joaogabrielimperial7777 3 часа назад

    i was thinking of that today

  • @POD_1830
    @POD_1830 Час назад

    Make a full-length video on if it happened and we still got the IRL Franco Prussian war with its German Victory. Maybe an Anglo-German, or a Russo-German Alliance. @rewriting-history

  • @Finn_the_Cat
    @Finn_the_Cat 2 часа назад

    I personally think one interesting possibility is if they decided to pursue Große Deustchland and annex all German speaking Territory in Austro Hungary, and giving some of the land Italy wanted to them as long as there were no German speakers, of course Hungary becomes independent and Galicia is given to them because no power wanted to see the already massive Russian state get even stronger altought perhaps the Germans push for it to get the Russians on their side. and the Czechs are given their own nominally independent state under the Germans while Serbia eats up most southern Balkan Territory. With Romania taking advantage and seizing south transylvania while a compromise is forced keeping north transylvania in Hungary. This would probably not lead to a Franco Prussian war as Bismarck would be too scared that Britain would join. If they did however they would probably bring in the Italians promising them Savoy and Corsica, and maybe Tunisia, although they hadn't taken Libya yet they could still make use of it. Italy would likely perform as well as they did in the Brothers war but still get what they were promised to keep them an ally, as Germany without Austria Hungary wouldn't have many allies.

    • @Finn_the_Cat
      @Finn_the_Cat 2 часа назад

      Although I did just think such a move would drive the rest of the German states into opposition making the unification tricky, but possible if he can play his cards right like he did Irl

  • @Alice_Swift3d
    @Alice_Swift3d Час назад

    I think that it would be more interesting if austria survived and then when prussia attacks France they interve on the war on the side of France now if that would be enough for a Prussian defeat I don't know but it would be something an Austrian French Aliance if they do win

  • @RazorSharpMC
    @RazorSharpMC Час назад

    Pretty sure a sunken battleship can’t take over a landlocked country

  • @Quinyyy
    @Quinyyy 4 часа назад

    So Czech Republic/Bohemia is Op ,I will take it as a compliment

  • @Alpatrixx
    @Alpatrixx 6 часов назад

    i always do this in vici 3

  • @Radishindependent
    @Radishindependent Час назад

    germany forming would just a huge blob

  • @pillowfromtpotreal
    @pillowfromtpotreal 9 часов назад +1

    What if they only took the german parts, sudetenland

  • @kan-anekkol-yanee989
    @kan-anekkol-yanee989 10 часов назад +3

    austrian problems

  • @WenceslasHolec
    @WenceslasHolec 8 часов назад

    I want Bismarck's Bohemia

  • @АнуарКажибеков
    @АнуарКажибеков 10 часов назад +2

    But what if Austria was destroyed fully after Prussian-Austrian war?

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад

      Topic for another video for sure

    • @АнуарКажибеков
      @АнуарКажибеков 9 часов назад +1

      @ like, annexing German speaking lands, Russia occupying Galicia, Independent German allied Hungary, Maybe independent Croatia.

    • @basscannonjake1235
      @basscannonjake1235 7 часов назад

      @@АнуарКажибековwouldn’t Croatia just become part of Hungary maybe in a Personal union with whoever becomes king of Hungary .

  • @RexheplalaLala
    @RexheplalaLala 9 часов назад

    The Nprth German Confederation wanted to join the kingdom Of Bohemia but they Wanted to stay Indepent

  • @basscannonjake1235
    @basscannonjake1235 8 часов назад

    Why no franco Prussian war I mean Bismarck still wanted a unified German empire which included alsace Loraine
    I think in this scenario where Hungary breaks away and Russia takes Austrian Galicia , Austria would be too weak to resist unification with the German empire thus I think it becomes a kingdom within the German empire , thus Bismarck after the Franco Prussian war would get his unified German empire .
    With Austria taken out of the picture in the Balkans this strengthens the Russian Position in the Balkans , since the Germans were more interested in competing with Britain for a colonial empire and with no Austria in the Balkans, this prevents the Great War

  • @arsa_playz
    @arsa_playz 4 часа назад +1

    And ww1 wont happen

  • @lovec1288
    @lovec1288 10 часов назад +8

    Ofc most based country in Austria-Hungary was glorious land of Czechia👑❤️🗣🔥 (least nationalist Czech tho) xd

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  9 часов назад +1

      We are all czech nationalists

    • @lovec1288
      @lovec1288 9 часов назад +1

      @@rewriting-history and Bulgaria lovers❤️‍🔥

  • @mostafanew5236
    @mostafanew5236 8 часов назад +1

    انا خسرت اول ٥٠/٥٠ و أرلي بعد 😢

  • @JesusOrDestruction
    @JesusOrDestruction 4 часа назад

    What if Bavaria joined Austria-Hungary

  • @baronbrummbar8691
    @baronbrummbar8691 3 часа назад

    i think prussia would ally Russia and italy in this scenario
    .....

  • @mostafanew5236
    @mostafanew5236 8 часов назад +1

    ال c6 بهذي اللعبة مرة sus

  • @demonke7829
    @demonke7829 6 часов назад

    It’s delusional to think the Czechs would see this as liberation, they would be oppressed far more than under the Habsburgs, they were able to speak czech anyways and there is no Protestants in czechia

    • @rewriting-history
      @rewriting-history  5 часов назад

      The script was written by a Czech, who gave this opinion. I guess he knows better and has done his research

    • @stegosaurus-wm1kh
      @stegosaurus-wm1kh 5 часов назад

      Oppression wouldn't be too unrealistic, given the fact that Bismarck hated Slavs and wanted to eradicate them completely. It's not unlikely that the Czechs would face the same oppression and Poles and Sorbs

    • @demonke7829
      @demonke7829 2 часа назад

      @@stegosaurus-wm1kh exactly, just look at Poland, Catholics were also oppressed, and czechs were Catholic not protestant like this youtuber claims

    • @demonke7829
      @demonke7829 2 часа назад

      @@rewriting-history well your friend clearly hasnt bothered to actually research German history, German oppressed Catholics and treated the Polish verty bad as Slavs and Catholics, guess what Czechia is....

  • @Qwerka
    @Qwerka 10 часов назад +3

    Bismarck had the chance to end France but he didn’t take it.

    • @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ
      @ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΑΜΑΝΑΤΙΔΗΣ-β7μ 10 часов назад +6

      Britain and Russia would never allow a complete and thorough destruction of France.
      The key to Bismarck's success was the fact that he always made sure to isolate his target from intervention from other great powers

    • @Qwerka
      @Qwerka 9 часов назад

      @ This was a joke about hating the French People

  • @RADSIKEGORILLAGEM-pz5qr
    @RADSIKEGORILLAGEM-pz5qr 10 часов назад +2

    Wow

  • @Notexactlydat
    @Notexactlydat 10 часов назад +2

    Ok

  • @senatorarmstrong4168
    @senatorarmstrong4168 9 часов назад +1

    Victoria 3 ahh peace deal

  • @Mohamed-k20
    @Mohamed-k20 9 часов назад +1

    Pls comment

  • @TawpDuck
    @TawpDuck 10 часов назад +2

    Where comment