Scenario: WW1 Late CP Victory (no USA intervention)
A mutiny erupts in Portsmouth by sailors refusing to go on a suicide mission. Troops are sent to crush the mutiny but instead join the sailors. All across the country, soldiers and sailors set up soviets reminiscent of the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Facing a revolution, the King abdicated and flees into exile. In its place, Ramsay Macdonald sets up a new republic and seeks an armistice with the Central Powers. The terms of the Treaty of Potsdam were considered incredibly harsh by almost everyone as it included territorial loss of the whole of Ireland, military limitations, and no air force. The conservatives use this outrage to their advantage and a 'Stab in the back' legend is born. Not to mention, having to fend off insurrections and coup attempts from both the Communist revolutionaries and conservative army officers wishing to bring back the monarchy.
The republic hangs on throughout those early years. It soon experiences a 'golden age' until the stock market crash in 1929. From then on, the Republic limps on until succumbing to political extremism from either the left or the right in 1933.
Flag of the Republic of Britain
The British Isles after the Treaty of Potsdam, 1919
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What would a society look like if the British Republic was proclaimed?
What would its government look like?
What would its relationship be to the Dominions and the empire be like?
A mutiny erupts in Portsmouth by sailors refusing to go on a suicide mission. Troops are sent to crush the mutiny but instead join the sailors. All across the country, soldiers and sailors set up soviets reminiscent of the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Facing a revolution, the King abdicated and flees into exile. In its place, Ramsay Macdonald sets up a new republic and seeks an armistice with the Central Powers. The terms of the Treaty of Potsdam were considered incredibly harsh by almost everyone as it included territorial loss of the whole of Ireland, military limitations, and no air force. The conservatives use this outrage to their advantage and a 'Stab in the back' legend is born. Not to mention, having to fend off insurrections and coup attempts from both the Communist revolutionaries and conservative army officers wishing to bring back the monarchy.
The republic hangs on throughout those early years. It soon experiences a 'golden age' until the stock market crash in 1929. From then on, the Republic limps on until succumbing to political extremism from either the left or the right in 1933.
Flag of the Republic of Britain
The British Isles after the Treaty of Potsdam, 1919
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What would a society look like if the British Republic was proclaimed?
What would its government look like?
What would its relationship be to the Dominions and the empire be like?
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