As the more powerful North begins to bear down on the weaker South, the French, anxious to stop any chance of reunification, declare war on the Prussians, and invade. With the addition French power, the North swiftly starts to lose. Coalition troops reach all the way up to Hanover in just a few weeks, destroying Northern armies in their way. By the time Hanover falls, there are no intact Northern armies between the Coalition and Berlin itself. With Northern troops set to invade France itself, and Bavaria and it's allies about to collapse, things look bleak for the Coalition. By: Guns