Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4656717-20130106102552/@comment-4656717-20130106214012

It is true that they are Balkan rivals, but they were quite good allies up until the Crimean War otl.

I wish to disagree. Everyone underestimates Austrian power in the war of 1866, but they were not automatically beaten. They actually outnumbered the Prussians, and had fought well in wars in 1848, 1859 and 1864. Assuming Russia does come to Austria's aid, I must say I don't know how the Prussians could beat the stuffing out of both armies. Russia had an immense army, and they hadn't degenerated to their late-WWI powerlessness yet.

So, I can not see how Prussia alone could beat the already numerically superior Austrians if Russia was also helping, even if just in a diversionary attack. The Prussians would have to divide their forces between the Bohemian front, the Russian border, and the border with the Southern states. If Bavaria, Wurretmberg, Baden and Hannover combined, they would have been more than a match for the Prussian Army of the Main.

But if there's something I've missed, please inform me.

I can see your point about Greece. But were their problems that much worse than those faced by the Schlieswig-Holstein-Sondersburg-Glucksburgs?