Gen. Horatio Gates, responding to critics of the American military junta's rule following the forced dissolution of Congress. Ironically, infighting among the various security agencies is what lead to the collapse of the junta.
"We, the people of the city of Berlin, do declare that we secede...
A description of a speech made at a political debate in Sapphic Republic of America by Gen. Mary MacArthur. While not a military strongwoman, her hardliner stance was influential, and eventually resulted in a resumption of hostilities with the Texan Socialist Republic and Mexico.
"We have...
King George V, after the Teutonic Order broke the post-Prussian civil war peace invaded both rump Prussia and Greater Poland, provoking the Great War.
"We have repelled one invasion of England by the Dutch, and shall do so once again!"
So, no chance for a Corsican Foreign Legion?
Though considering the fact that Napoleon's been butterflied away, surely the post-Napoleonic era is changed enough that such a change might not happen. Especially if the clannish politics persist in Corsica, the foreign guard units might stay...
Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria in 1953, shortly before the Second Austro-Hungarian Civil War, ten years after the First Austro-Hungarian Civil War of 1937-1943.
"One could ask why I have lost the war in Florida. I could say many things; that it was down to the Spanish being more willing to...
Dialogue between two officers of The British Empire of North America, an unrecognized, nominally Loyalist state during the Battle of Troy, where they faced forces from the Kingdom of America, another unrecognized and nominally Loyalist state. The battle was part of the wider Loyalist Civil Wars...
A newscaster on the transfer of the Lisbon concession to the People's Republic of Rome, in exchange for Rome's return of Southern Taiwan. The Portuguese government in exile contested this decision.
"We, as socialists, must stand united, rather than being splintered off by nationalism. It is all...