Recent content by artha

Neither am I, but according to the article I found about it, credible, but not really academic, Hoxha was a Marxist-Leninist hardliner and admirer of Stalin, when Stalin died and Khrushchev took over, Hoxha didn't agree with him and aligned himself with Mao. All the while Hoxha and Tito didn't...

Does Communist Albania under Hoxha count? From what I read, admittedly not that much, Albania had very little to no diplomatic relations, since it believed itself to be the last bulwark of "true" Communism and it remained as closed-off as it could be.

My money is on this : The russians loaded the bomb on a ship (flying a neutral flag),then sent it to shanghai. Most likely the crew didn't know what they were shipping or else they didn't now everything. Smugglers?

I doubt the (majority of the) unions would support, what would be in essence a coup just because their prefered party didn't win the elections. I would like to see the (extreme) left try and, hopefully fail totally. What has Goebbels been up to lately? Wasn't he working for Streseman? Suppose...

Either the would-be coupists want to ensure support from the industrialists or I don't want to be anywhere near the inevitable demonstrations after the army moves in to "protect the independence, people, honor of Mittel-Afrika".

Are there Tibetian freedom/terrorist organisations currently active? If so, do the Russians have the economics means and diplomatic relations to 'sponsor' them?

I was wondering : Would it be possible for Mittel-Afrikan submarines (as well as submariners) to be "rented" to China or Japan in return for economic consessions, hard valuta or just gold? We know that the IJN haa a tough time dealing with the Russians and I remember that the socialists in MA...

As a long time lurker on this thread : Good luck!

Seconded :D

I thought this thread was dying! Good to know I was wrong:D

Intresting idea. What do the German sources say?

Trying to keep up, so far so good:D.

Great TL.:D Could we see also some figures about the german debt?

Can the GDR (DDR) reform enough to save the economy without attracting unwanted attention from the SU?

Caught up at last. Great TL:D