Rosenberg's Reich: The Myth of The Twentieth Century
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stirlingdraka
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Thank God McCarthy was a violent drunk and let the public see it. Congratulations President Kefauver continue your good work.
Bookmark1995
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If Cronkite managed to maintain his composure, even after being sucker punched by Cheesy McFascist, he would be elevated to Godhood among men.
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Hello everybody, I'd like to remind everybody that this Timeline has been nominated for a Turtledove in the category for Best Early 20th Century Timeline. A special thanks to @CapitalistHippie and @Gerbbro for submitting it. If you are inclined, please vote for it here. As it's a multi-vote category, do vote for the other great timelines as well!
I've been binge reading this timeline, under the flu, and what can I say but praise?
Between that maniac Rosenberg, Addis Ababa getting raped by Italians, that bitter end to Joseph Goebbels (of all people), Munich being glassed, and McCarthy getting defeated 61-38.5, this is beautiful.
Count me as subscribed.
Between that maniac Rosenberg, Addis Ababa getting raped by Italians, that bitter end to Joseph Goebbels (of all people), Munich being glassed, and McCarthy getting defeated 61-38.5, this is beautiful.
Count me as subscribed.
Heart of Darkness, Future of Lightness
“On the supposed “dark continent” few made lemonade out of the lemons of post-colonialism quite like the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Of course, had you seen the country in the late 1950s, you probably would never have guessed that the city of Kinshasa would one day be known throughout the world as a “tropical Toronto”. The bloody Congo Crisis following the independence from Belgium lead to thousands dead and a young country split apart, yet the decades following would see strong democratic leadership that revived the Congolese to new glory and heights.
“Patrice Lumumba, the leftist and young prime minister of a new nation, did not go far without trouble. In direct opposition to his government in Léopoldville, Moïse Tshombe lead a separatist movement in Katanga that was backed by the Belgians. Mutineers in the Congolese military opposed to Lumumba’s rule aided the Pro-western conservative Katanga, and soon Lumumba had his hands full in quieting and suppressing an extremely violet and dangerous group of rebels. Tragedy struck as Lumumba was assassinated by a sniper on the streets of Lukunga District. Everybody knew that Tshombe had ordered the hit, which declassified Katangan documents would prove decades later. In the brief chaos that followed Jean Bolikango soon rose to the occasion as the DRC’s new head of state. In retaliation, he ordered a strong offense against the separatists, the DRC now largely united following the shocking and public death of a man who worked so hard for their independence.
“However, Katanga continued to enjoy support from Belgium, particularly in military weaponry. An attempted invasion of the Katanga held city of Kamina proved an embarrassing disaster, said battle would also see Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu captured by the Katangan military and then brutally drowned to death in a nearby river, his body left out for the animals. Such brutalities of captured Congolese soldiers stunned the world. Yet, few were willing to give support to Léopoldville, not wishing to offend the Belgians.
“Eventually after several more months of bloodshed, the international community stepped in with a peace solution, one of the first by the newly formed United Nations. Katanga would receive independence, so long as their continued harassment of the DRC stopped. Some African countries criticized the proposal saying that international recognition of Katanga bowed down to neocolonialist European interests. These concerns were, of course, correct, but Bolikango at the time cared more about ending the war and securing his own power.
“Bolikango may’ve been the man to end the war, but the true father of the DRC would largely be seen as his presidential successor. Marcel Lihau would greatly emphasize education, equality, economy, justice, and civil rights as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it the crown jewel of all Africa…”
-Excerpt from Arise Congolese
“Patrice Lumumba, the leftist and young prime minister of a new nation, did not go far without trouble. In direct opposition to his government in Léopoldville, Moïse Tshombe lead a separatist movement in Katanga that was backed by the Belgians. Mutineers in the Congolese military opposed to Lumumba’s rule aided the Pro-western conservative Katanga, and soon Lumumba had his hands full in quieting and suppressing an extremely violet and dangerous group of rebels. Tragedy struck as Lumumba was assassinated by a sniper on the streets of Lukunga District. Everybody knew that Tshombe had ordered the hit, which declassified Katangan documents would prove decades later. In the brief chaos that followed Jean Bolikango soon rose to the occasion as the DRC’s new head of state. In retaliation, he ordered a strong offense against the separatists, the DRC now largely united following the shocking and public death of a man who worked so hard for their independence.
“However, Katanga continued to enjoy support from Belgium, particularly in military weaponry. An attempted invasion of the Katanga held city of Kamina proved an embarrassing disaster, said battle would also see Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu captured by the Katangan military and then brutally drowned to death in a nearby river, his body left out for the animals. Such brutalities of captured Congolese soldiers stunned the world. Yet, few were willing to give support to Léopoldville, not wishing to offend the Belgians.
“Eventually after several more months of bloodshed, the international community stepped in with a peace solution, one of the first by the newly formed United Nations. Katanga would receive independence, so long as their continued harassment of the DRC stopped. Some African countries criticized the proposal saying that international recognition of Katanga bowed down to neocolonialist European interests. These concerns were, of course, correct, but Bolikango at the time cared more about ending the war and securing his own power.
“Bolikango may’ve been the man to end the war, but the true father of the DRC would largely be seen as his presidential successor. Marcel Lihau would greatly emphasize education, equality, economy, justice, and civil rights as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it the crown jewel of all Africa…”
-Excerpt from Arise Congolese
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Bookmark1995
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Mobutu is just one of those people who seems so ASB: turning one of the most prosperous places in Africa into a trash heap.
Two glimpses at the future
“One of the defining world events of the early 21st century was the SARS outbreak. Originating in microbat populations in Yunnan Province, the virus leaped over to humans sometime in the early 2000s. SARS, being extremely contagious and having an unusually high mortality rate for a virus, (around 10% of infections resulted in death), devastated the world from around 2002 to 2009. By the time the WHO had realized the catastrophic implications of what had occurred, the virus had spread from Southern China to Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Delhi, Sydney, and Melbourne from travelers on commercial airline flights. In total 12 million people would die, the vast majority in Asia, making it the deadliest disease related event since the Spanish Flu. The political effects these events had on the global economy would be extreme…”
-Excerpt from “Report #1: 21st Century History Class” by student “Carlos R.”, Santa Fe Community College, 2124
“General R. Lee Emery goes to trial today due to alleged war crimes during the American occupation of Madrid in Operation Spanish Freedom. Emery failed to prevent American soldiers under his command from killing an estimated 250 Spanish civilians during the 1998 Santa Eugenia massacre…”
-CNN special report, 2003
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stirlingdraka
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Those updates are horrifying 70 million dead from SARS the most deadly pandemic since the Spanish Flu. and American war crimes in the fall of Spain`s fascist regime.
I was born just over a year before the SARS outbreak. It's... hard to imagine Hong Kong in a world where 70 million died from SARS.
Bookmark1995
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Is that really possible in this day and age? 70 million people dying?
One of the reasons why epidemics were so deadly was not just the lack of medicine, but the lack of hygiene, nutrition, or basic sanitation that almost everybody faced pre-19th century.
I don't believe SARS could feasibly wipe out so many people in this day and age.