Oi, great maps! Anyone got a map of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in 1855? I might have missed it in my searching.... I need one for a TL I'm working on.
I'm wondering if the Germans would take possesion of some English African colonies. I bet that the Germans would take Papua from Britain, Zanzibar, as well as parts of Nyasaland, Bechuanaland , Nigeria, Uganda, and British East Africa. Maybe even the Gold Coast, being right next to Togoland. I...
"When Communism stands astride the world, we shall be the masters of all nations! We will be a colossus above all! And we shall urinate in their fountains, use their flags as moist towelettes, and blow our noses with their constitutions!"
Josef Stalin after having drunk slightly more than...
Yeah, American Roma are able to integrate fully, but she's from an Italian Roma community that left Hungary in the 20's. She's from it. Like, born and raised in this community. She's in this country cause her brother brought her here a couple years ago, and I met her cause her brother and I...
I think the only way to get European Royalty to look at themselves as equals, not superiors, not African royalty would be the presence of like an uber-Ethiopian Empire. Oi, I just got an idea for a timeline.... my world war one tl is getting dull.... I realized I'm writing it like a book and not...
My girlfriend is an Italian Roma and I asked her about the idea of a Roma nation, just simply asking what she thought of a Roma nation, and she actually laughed. Then she asked who would respect it... And then said that half the Roma are so ingrained into a criminal lifestyle and mentality...
Umm, one thing I noticed over there is that the Roma aren't really regarded as having much honor. And yeah, the couple dozen I dealt with lived up to that stereotype, but I'm hoping it's just a stereotype.
Oi, Cornelius, I'm with you there in terms of the Italians. The nation had just been unified 50 years before and it wasn't well integrated, with the Army of the Savoy providing basically the only stable officer corps. Hell, one Italian king, regent, or something said before the unification...
One problem with having a US more Romanesque is how to disuade the attitude that came through in the Late Republic and then in the Principate Era... the one of seizing power and civil wars and nasty transitions. Find a way around that and I think it would be good. You'd also have to determine in...
I got bored and wrote up a description of the Sumatra Incident in the style of the Mammoth Book of Naval Battles. Haha, feedback is greatly appreciated and I'd like to know if I'm wasting my energy writing this stuff or if it's actually good. Besides, I just felt the need for an Ottoman-Dutch...
Hmmm... potential for a Japanese-American front in Siberia... I don't think it'd be too hard, although Russian resources would definately help Germany, but I think Russia would be the loose brick that would bring the whole castle down.
Oi, can this be moved to Timelines and Scenarios please? Sorry!
This is a TL I've been working on off and on for six or seven years know. I think I maaaay have posted this TL in it's original form right after I joined the board a few years ago. It is the build up to a Great War between an...