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    What if an 1875 Bismarck-Gorchakov pact clears Germany to move west and Russia to move south?

    Also, here's a radical idea, but nevertheless one worth flirting with: Germany could force France to give up French Algeria and give it to the Ottoman Empire as compensation for losing most of its European territories. Germany could threaten to take even more territory at France's expense and/or...
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    What if an 1875 Bismarck-Gorchakov pact clears Germany to move west and Russia to move south?

    The Orleans option won't become viable until 1883, which is when Henri, Count of Chambord dies. @raharris1973 In the long(er)-run, I would strongly expect A-H to push to make Serbia and/or Montenegro its protectorates since otherwise its land connection to Albania and Kosovo through the Sanjak...
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    What if an 1875 Bismarck-Gorchakov pact clears Germany to move west and Russia to move south?

    I suspect that the peace settlement in the Balkans will look similar to the 1878 Treaty of San Stefano, except that Albania, Kosovo, et cetera will go to A-H rather than remain Ottoman. Meanwhile, the peace settlement in the West could result in Germany annexing everything up to the...
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