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A remnant of the once powerfull united province of central america after its partinioning by america,mexico and colombia after the world war 2 (UPCA was an axis member) this resulted in colombia getting most of its land back bar the panama and costa rica (ceded to america) while mexico getting guatamala and large part of el salvador and honduras (which was made into a mexican puppet state of northern united province republic) while the rest are made into the southern united province republic (basically a rump UPCA) now the brazil trading company is officially a company that mostly trade in timber but in reality they are a weapon smuggler who hide their weapon in a hollowed out timber logs the story on how this two met came after the premier of SUPR daniel ortega decided to went to war against the mexican puppet of NUPR but since the SUPR arent allowed to have many arms factory this resulted in premier ortega making a deal with the brazil trading company to smuggle guns un exchabge for docking rights.
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I didn't think much of using Forge Saint of the Rust Cultists, but I''ll attempt to avoid future entries that aren't really events.
A mutual defense pact signed in 1946 between the United States and the newly independent Republic of Indonesia in attempt to to curb the growing power of the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, over the objections both German-occupied Netherlands and the Dutch government-in-exile. It gave the foundation for the establishment of the Pacific Treaty Organization in 1951.
After fleeing Stalin and ending up in Mexico, Trotsky started a worker owned restaurant. Saying that the best nursery for communism was in the bosom of capitalism, he expanded it after WW II to the US.
A term used by the international surfing community on when a surfer manage to ride an extremely large waves during a storm, there only a few people who manage to do such a thing and those who succeed are often awarded the title master of the wave. The award is awarded every year at december 30th in honolulu hawaii or in gold coast australia to one lucky member (the contestant ussualy numbers around 100), it was abolished in 2005 after the death of a surfer in miami after he tried to ride the waves of hurricane katrina.
In the 1930s Pan Am was the de facto overseas airline for the U.S. Howard Hughes wanted a piece of the post war airline business. in a bid to secure some overseas routes for an airline he was planning, Howard Hughes sent one of his starlets to seduce Juan Trippe, hoping to also procure some industrial espionage. Hughes was hoping the scandal would give him room to start with Hughes Airlines and its H-4 Hercules flying boats. It worked, but Hughes plans came to naught when the flying boats met their inevitable fate at the hands of faster, more modern airliners like the Stratoliner, Connie, and DC-7
The Most Magnificent Retreat
Refers to the the wide spread prank of the mid 1950's promoted by late night talk show "Late Night with Ronnie Reagan" in which he prompted his viewers to send letters postmarked from the "Teutonic Order's Territory of Crimea" as a satirical dig at the American's government's recognition of Crimea as an independent Soviet State.
I could buy a timeline where Castro becomes the head of a massive adult entertainment industry. OTL he was competing with Kennedy in who was a bigger manwhore. He literally seduced the spy sent to kill him
After success in the Spanish Inquisition rooting out heretics, Tomas de Torquemada was sent by the Pontifex to the Papal territory of Terra Mariana to flush out suspected JEws and followers of the Greek Rite. After his dictatorial attitude incensed locals (and as modern research shows, the result of an ergot outbreak, the Livonian Order declared him a servant of the devil masquerading as devout man of God, and the Pope that sent him the Antichrist. Torquemada was burned at stake to the cheers of an angry crowd in Riga. Incensed, the Pope declared a Crusade on Terra Mariana and excommunicated the Livonian Order in totality.
The nickname given by the Spanish to the largest and most powerful indigenous states of the bustling and advanced Viceroyalty of California. As part of the Spanish-Mexica alliance of 1532, combined expeditions began to investigate the lucrative northern trade the Mexica had access to.
Caesar Gallicus: The Last Roman
The wrath of Ozymandias was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the extraordinarily long lives of most of the best known English romantic poets, some of whom surpassed a century when that was very rare.
A term used by australian historian to describe the 1970s economic crash after the australian pound (which was pegged to gold) crashed and plunged the country into deep reccession this and the lack of british support led to the declarstion of the republic of australia in 1978 (which lead to great protest in britain against thatcher who released australia) this lead the country to switch from using british military equipement to american/belgian/west german equipment
A large scale scandal regarding several French politicians using the French colony of the island of madagascar as a place to store away inpropriate sexual materials involving children that saw many of those politicians either imprisoned or voted out of office. It also led to public condemnation from the international community as many foreign children were in these materials.
The name given to an operation that sought to arm priests and clergymen and take over the governments and rule the countries as a theocratic state with the Bible being used as a basis for law.
The Gupta Resurgence
George Ruth coined this phrase to discuss the eternal rivalry between Boston and New York.
