Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4656717-20130106102552/@comment-32656-20130110093749

They actually had more than ample time to do it otl - not that it would have mattered, realistically - and just simply didn't bother. That just wouldn't change.

Classic problem - one large state, against a group of others that are fairly close in size. With no central planning, or anything, between the states - and, before you ask, no, these guys would not have done it - they can easily be defeated in detail. Kinda like what Frederick the Great did, but with even numbers.

Really, in many ways, Koniggratz is overrated - it merely put the finish on the picture already there. Prussia had a major advantage there, overall.

Preventing a Prussian Germany is pretty simple - there was ample opportunities. Heck, Bismarck - let's be realistic, the unification of Germany was very much his construct - got, quite frankly, lucky often. Mind, the results of his schemes could only have been good, or neutral, for their results.

There are many possible PoD's for no unification.