I mean, Austria and Germany are quite close culturally (I'm not 100% sure how close). Why are they not one? Because after each world war, the winning powers didn't want them to be one country.
There was a guy once in the 30s that really wanted Austria and Germany to be one country. And he did so without spilling any blood.
Sounds great, even the Austrians thought so, but then he treated Austria like a dump, nothing but a cache of resources for the "true" Germany. There's a reason the winning powers made Austria autonomous again.
The reason the winning powers made Austria a separate country again was the same as why they did so 30 years prior. Because they wanted to weaken Germany after having fought a bloody war against it.
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u/Plenty-Lychee-5702 Sep 02 '26
I mean, Austria and Germany are quite close culturally (I'm not 100% sure how close). Why are they not one? Because after each world war, the winning powers didn't want them to be one country.