Perhaps he would create his own branch of Islam without the pork restriction. Say it was misinterpreted in a translation or a relic of Judaism.
Same argument could be made for alcohol. They might say wine is haram but anything that's not from a grape is ok, which was the justification of some.
Most of the conversations revolving around Dunkirk are about What IF the evacuation of the BEF failed and the like. I'm rather curious though what if there is no evacuation. Instead Britain decides they have enough troops on the continent to hold a foothold in Europe and instead orders the BEF...
Without Rommel's suicide we also don't know how he would have followed through with the rest of the war. His vaunted reputation may well have been over. If he couldn't pull off any dramatic successes his actions in Africa could very easily be attributed to "he got lucky."
Ransom or political statement would be rather par for the course for hijackings. Like the hijackings of the 70s where communists would take over a plane and demand they be flown to Cuba.
What would the the wehrmacht look like with another decade and a half of nazi rule though? How much independence would the officer Corp at this point have from the nazi party itself?
I think it is still possible but would need to have some sort of cascade effect that leads to a panic that eventually can't be stopped.
Let's create a scenario prior to Barbarossa that the Germans get lucky and take out a bunch of British oil depots resulting in a legitimate shortage. British...
Libya will probably be kept. It was often referred to as Italy's fourth coast plus the Italians did have the concept when Balbo was in charge of the colony. Without WW2 it is quite possible they can get enough Italians into the area to make it majority Italian especially once oil is discovered...
Libya will probably be kept. It was often referred to as Italy's fourth coast plus the Italians did have the concept when Balbo was in charge of the colony. Without WW2 it is quite possible they can get enough Italians into the area to make it majority Italian especially once oil is discovered...
As most have said they will probably only last a few more decades. The paradigm shift against empires really came about after WW1, for a lot of people there wasn't the mental will to continue on with these expensive empires, and also a moral shift, Europe was not as self assured with themselves...
Very implausible but not impossible. The problem is Germany is literally fighting against the entire world.
I think a few factors could lead to Germany victory of sorts though. But all of these come prior to Fall Blau.
1. No winter war. The soviets learned just how bad their military was...
Something you have to look at is the role of the US in basically forcing open the UK's economy. Prior to WW2 they had a system in place where the nominally free parts of the Empire and the commonwealth nations traded with the UK first at favorable rates for the UK.
The US for all intents and...
Thanks all for the input!
Anyone have any specific details on how France did it? After reading through everything I'm leaning more towards the continental system.
I'm in the process of writing a historical fiction story and something came up that I'm having trouble finding an answer for.
What happens to 2nd and 3rd and so on sons after their eldest brother inherits?
I know in most countries the title as well as the land associated with it passed only to...