Recent content by Cuchulainn

I must admit that I had hoped that this TL would continue ad infinitum, a bit like Basilius444's "An Age of Miracles". Romano-Celtic-Saxon Britain v The Vikings. Later v the French kingdom with Brittany maybe becoming part of the realm. Survival of a strong national entity that is religiously...

Napoleon and the Lesbians 🤣

Now would be a good time 😂😭

Tora Tora Tora

Not yet 😉

Getting a certain Ancient Classical Greece vibe from the shape of the Despotate 😊, only this time, hopefully, without lots of constantly squabbling city states.

The Chinese troops in British service probably have a good idea already of how they will be treated by the Japanese, I doubt that surrendering will be seen as a good life choice, better to fight to the death.

Just a thought, given the apparent religious tolerance in post-Roman Britain, does Arianism survive?

Hi, just a thought, excuses if this has already been covered & I've forgotten. Lot of shipping & troop movements, lot of extra construction work & training exercises. Too much to be hidden. What sort of intelligence gathering were the Japanese doing, was it effective, does the information get...

A good battle report, I always noticed that the Italian army preformed quite capably when commanded by German officers & that it's poor performance was often due to the incompetence of the Italian commanders & politicians pulling the strings. I remember in 1985, when I went to France for the...

I must applaud your detail & research. As a ex-RN rating who is into history, I must say that I had never heard of this class of ship & their service record before. Kudos...

Just some references to the strengths of the mixed Norse-Gaelic culture I thought might be interesting regarding your post on the subject, besides it was late & I was to knackered to add more before falling asleep.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse%E2%80%93Gaels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallowglass 😊

I read somewhere or other that he had personal bodyguards to protect him from assassination attempts from the Imperial Guards.

@Fatboy Coxy, Depending on how deep you want to get into events in NOI (Netherlands East Indies), the following link might be interesting for you.... https://www.persee.fr/doc/efr_0000-0000_1991_act_146_1_4154 My superficial understanding of this, open to correction by some of your Dutch...