How would the political landscape of Europe change in the event of France winning the Franco-Prussian war?
Germany would have come into existence one way or another
>>1381472
No WW1
No WW2
No collapse of the European empires
No lefties able to use Hitler as a scapegoat
Communism never becomes a thing
Democracy becomes less popular considering we now have a Bonaparte leading France and no WW1 to destroy the old empires
Best of all, France gets its sexy Rhineland borders
>>1382018
You mean the Rhine becomes the border ?
Doubtful. France wasn't that expansionnist at the time.
Maybe Saarland and Luxembourg, but the whole left bank is too full of Germans.
And communism was already a thing then. If republicans don't get into power, maybe communists will become the leading anti-monarchist force and take over Europe at the next crisis.
And war might still happen. Germany won't unite then, but they'll keep trying, and then they'll want a rematch.
>>1382039
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_crisis
>>1382018
Alsace Lorraine wasn't the only cause of WW1
>>1382077
Germany was the cause of WW1
If France wins in 1870, there's no Germany
>>1381472
Hard to say, since that outcome was highly improbable.
France had terrible logistics and worse commanders.
Great soldiers, led by mediocrities.
But an extended Second Empire is an interesting counterfactual.
>>1382112
>Germany was the cause of WW1
t. Louis
>>1382112
>that image
Do you purposely posts a hilariously narrow view of events to support your view?
>>1382152
Rough time champ?
>>1382048
A French politician tries to drum up nationalism 30 years before and fails. So what ?
