How could we, during the time of German Unifacation, could we get a Denmark that is part of the German Empire. What effects would such an aquisition have on the rest of the world.
I guess the US would snatch Danish Caribbea instead of letting it go to a new superpower.
But other for the navy (which Germany could get without annexing Denmark too), it wouldn't be worth it - the Danes wouldn't like to live under German rule and might rebel (maybe in the equivalent of TTL 1866 and 1871).
I guess the US would snatch Danish Caribbean instead of letting it go to a new superpower.
...it would really give germany an advantage during the great war...they would totally control the baltic and have a larger population base to draw soldier from, not to mention food and other resources too...it could just be enough to "break" to the balance and give the Central Powers the upper hand...
now here is a thing for thought...what would have happened if somehow Switzerland could have been joined with germany too...
Perhaps WWI specifically would have been butterflied away, but with the entagling alliance systems a major war sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century was all but inevitable. Assuming that the blocs remain similar to OTL, if Germany had both Denmark and Switzerland as part of the Reich, it mmight be enough to tip the balance.
It is pretty unlikely to take Switerland as who wants to invade a mountainous, heavily armed, neutral country?
Some fanatic trying to rebuild the HRE, RE, or FE?It is pretty unlikely to take Switerland as who wants to invade a mountainous, heavily armed, neutral country?
That's far from reality. The Frontists (Swiss nazis/fascists) were kind of popular for some time, but the biggest success they ever had was 30% in one cantonal election. The Swiss neither wanted to fight for Hitler's Greater Germanic Empire nor give up their century-old democracy.
if germany absorbed denmark they would most certanitly gain Greenland and Iceland. i think the United States wouldnt be so happy with German territory so close to their waters. would this contradict the monroe doctrine for im not sure. this would also make the british more fearful for more ports=stronger navy.
...if germany has control of greenland for several years before the ww2 the war of the North Atlantic might have gone differently...with air power over most of the ocean.at least for a while
It might just not come to that - the WWI peace treaty would see to that. German u-boat bases in southern Greenland and Iceland in WWI!!!
The Allies might just re-create Denmark to get rid of that in the future.