What if the German Empire Survived?

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• JO

  @JoshSullivanHistory · 2 years ago · pinned

  ...and they STILL demonetized it.

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• BR

  @brothers_of_nod · 2 years ago

  The Kaiser should have kept his throne.

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• MS

  @msmith1890 · 2 years ago

  What if the German, Russian and Habsburg Empires all survived WWI? Great video.

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• KE

  @kelvinsantiago7061 · 1 year ago

  I had a dream yesterday about The Kaiser slapping Hitler, like that one Batman comic where he slaps Robin 😂😂😂😂😂

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• RY

  @ryamsosohbajjaikoasknd · 2 years ago

  What if the Spring Offensive succeeded and Germany was able to, in the closing months, make a more favourable treaty to end the war?

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• EK

  @ekralj4316 · 2 years ago

  Finally my favorite what if came back.Idea what if France helped rebels in Habsurg monarchy in 1664.

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• DA

  @danielsantiagourtado3430 · 2 years ago

  Very happy to see you again josh! Suggestion: What if Queen anne' s son william survived? No union with hanover.

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• DE

  @DestroIsMyHero · 2 years ago (edited)

  A couple of points:<br><br>1) Wilson didn&apos;t just want to get rid of the Kaiser but monarchy itself. He wasn&apos;t willing to negotiate with any form of Germany (or Austria, or Hungary) that still had a monarch.<br><br>2) The other German Kings, Grand Dukes, Dukes and Sovereign Princes didn&apos;t owe fealty to the German Emperor. If that had been a condition of German Unification then it wouldn&apos;t have happened. The office of President of the North German Confederation was linked to the King of Prussia, so when the southern German states basically joined the NGC it was decided to rename the NGC to the German Empire and rename the NGC President to German Emperor (not Empire of Germany or Emperor of Germany). There&apos;s a lot of great political wrangling by Bismarck and Crown Prince Friedrich to even pull off this name as King Wilhelm hated it and wanted nothing to do with it. Like the NGC President before it, the German Emperor was a first among equals situation.<br><br>3) Assuming Wilson can be brought down a notch from his &quot;All Monarchies Must Die&quot; stance (and he wasn&apos;t excluding Great Britain from that either), I doubt the Allies would have accepted Prince Eitel Friedrich as Regent. He fought in the war and he didn&apos;t have the best reputation. Max of Baden&apos;s plan was to have either Empress Victoria Augusta (who would naturally refuse and gone into Exile with her husband) or Crown Princess Cecilie serve as Regent for her underage son Prince Wilhelm.<br><br>4) Technically, the German Empire was more democratic than Great Britain, as a higher percentage of the population had the right to vote. The issue was the three tiered voting system in the largest state of Prussia (2/3rds of the German Empire&apos;s land area). The individual German states retained day-to-day control of their Armies (which only came under the Emperor&apos;s direct control in times of war) and other such powers. Only the German Navy was a Federal level armed force in peace time, which is why it had to go on a PR campaign for it&apos;s expansion (see: German Navy League).

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• MO

  @mohamedamaan6157 · 2 years ago

  Great video <br>Can you make one where the kingdom of prussia survives as a monarchy after ww1

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• OE

  @Oeidkarm · 2 years ago

  What if Bavaria won against Austria in the Spanish war of Secession

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• DA

  @DarthKieduss · 2 years ago

  Suggestion: What if France stayed neutral in the American Revolutionary War?

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• EL

  @Elliot-q4m · 2 years ago

  Hey Josh. I had a crappy day and this makes it a little easier. Keep doing what your doing man.

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