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But what happens when their leading edge teach runs out?

Agreed. Anyway, Weimar Germany can start defusing the Alsace-Lorraine situation by giving genuine autonomy to the people there. So, no incidents like the Zabern Affair, that's for sure!

Weimar Germany might lay a claim to all of these territories, but Yeah, it's largely disarmed in 1927, so I'm not sure that its military could even fight the 1910 Franco-Russians to a stalemate in any war. What do you think?

That was only during the Great Depression; before that, the Nazi Party was fringe and didn't get very many votes.

Which voters? Because AFAIK, Weimar Germany didn't care all that much about Alsace-Lorraine.

Yeah, fair points. That said, though, would the French really object if a fellow republic like themselves were to expand at Austria-Hungary's expense? Especially if Germany offered to combine this expansion with a German entry into the Franco-Russian alliance AND a plebiscite in Alsace-Lorraine?

That depends--what's the price for Russia to be bought off? Galicia? Subcarpathian Ruthenia on top of that? Northern Bukovina on top of that? For this to happen, it would actually need its Russian ally on its side, and Germany might try bringing Russia with some Austrian territories.

Yeah, I mean, I just think that FF's semi-absolutism is going to be a bit in tension with a democratic republic where socialists are going to have a huge role. Weimar Germany would be more comparable to France while Austria-Hungary would be more comparable to Russia. And Yeah, the threat of...

I really wouldn't put it past the Germans to, if Franz Ferdinand lives, use a 1917 crisis in Austria-Hungary to break up the empire. In such a scenario, Germany and Russia could insist on Hungary getting independence while Romania, Serbia, and Italy have some but not all of their territorial...

BTW, Weimar Germany is likely to have the same kind of relationship with A-H as France will have with Russia: As in, Weimar Germany will likely view A-H as a semi-absolutist reactionary monarchy that's long past its prime and that is only its ally out of sheer necessity. I wouldn't be surprised...

After the experience of 1914-1918, No, there is no way in Hell that Germany is actually going to be looking for another war in this scenario. It's not led by Hitler, after all. But if Russia will ever still implode, Germany would likely be more than eager to expand its influence deeper into...