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Bari, December 9th, 1943 Several wrecked ships could still be seen around the port, the previous week Wever's boys had given the Allies a very pointed reminder of how dangerous they still could be when over a hundred Ju-88 and He-177 bombers had hit the port sinking over two dozen ships. But...

The despot's dad would like a word with you. :angel: Writing to pope Gregory IX Ἰωάννης ἐν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ πιστός βασιλεύς καί αὐτοκράτωρ Ῥωμαίων ὁ Δοῦκας τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ πάπᾳ τῆς πρεσβυτέρας Ῥώμης Γρηγορίῳ σωτηρίας καί εὐχῶν αἴτησιν…» …Ἐσήμαινε δέ τό τοιοῦτον γράμμα , ὅτι τε ἐν τῷ γένει τῶν Ἑλλήνων...

That WAS interchangeable up to oh 1861 or so. :) Speaking of which I'm getting the distinct impression you are making the Ottoman Navy stronger here? Not certain if this is accidental but 7 Osmaniye's at 6,400t each add up to 44,800t. OTL construction to 1871 was 40,000t plus 9,174t in Egyptian...

Obvious difference from OTL. THIS will be remaining in widespread use.

I'll note they were consistently losing battles to the Russians since the 18th century. The Russian fleets winning said battles being often enough considerably smaller. Now the Russians early on had their fair share of Dutch, British and Greek mercenaries but this reminds me the joke about god...

What monkey bite? I don't understand what you are talking about... :angel:

The cynic in me would also note the referendums for the return of Constantine in 1920, won with 98.97% of the vote with the number of the voters magically increasing from 750,000 in the elections to over a million three weeks later with every single one of them voting for Constantine and the...

I wouldn't put too much weight in the Greek referendum. The Greek-Cypriots in OTL conducted not one but TWO such referendums in OTL by collecting signatures in churches one in 1930 and one in 1950, the TTL 1941 referendum is modeled on the 1930 one. The British flatly ignored both and the first...

The Serbs had something around 125,000 rifles in 1862 in OTL. In 1866 they bought 60,000 more (27,000 Lorenz and 33,000 Belgian ones), donating 5.000 to Montenegro, to convert them to breechloaders, which the did using the Green system (NOT a good idea) and the Peabody along apparently with the...

NO mention is made of the Egyptians. I wouldn't presume there are no Greek diplomats in Cairo quietly trying to get the khedive on side. I'd note though that getting the Egyptians involved prematurely brings the risk of the Ottomans learning what goes on prematurely...

Ah someone went for Regina Maria Pia class ironclads I see, although the republican in me dislikes the names chosen. Two notes though. First the guns of the initial armament were most likely rifled not smoothbores as cited in Wikepedia. Navypedia speaks of British made guns (4x8in Armstrong and...

Sicily as a whole when war resumed with the Angevins could raise fleets of 65-70 galleys so the Despotate's Italian holdings can likely raise around 40 galleys. Add to this ships that can be raised from the Aegean... And isn't this an interesting question? :angel: Possibly. But conveniently...

The Greek Communist party is an unhappy but still legal part of the political spectrum. Greek politics have their problems but government lack of legitimacy in 1944 is not one of them. To quote once more admiral Shannon Foraker, Republic of Haven Navy "oups" :angel: The obvious role model for...

Aachen January 6th, 1309 Henry of Luxembourg was crowned as king of the Romans with six out of the seven imperial electors voting for him. Come July, pope Clement V would confirm Henry as king and agree to crown him as emperor in exchange of promises to protect and defend the rights of the pope...

So the argument here is the Western Allies would not be making concessions to the Soviet Union over the straits, at a time the Soviets are holding down 176 German divisions in the Eastern front and the Americans want to get them in the war against the Japanese and Roosevelt has fantasies of...