Recent content by sedsa

Why would Europe need skyscrapers anyway. Just to show who is better endowed:D?

In 1815 the powers decided to not give France such an easy peace. Alsace-Loraine was again made part of the German Bund. After the war of 1870/71 Germany does not demand further territories only demand acceptance of the border.

WalMart already tried it in Europe and it was a big flop. Why? Because they could not offer their products were more expensive than those of the local discounter markets.

Why is the yiddish state not situated in Galicia? In A-H times there was already a 20-30% jewish population.

I thought the Sudentenland was annexed as in OTL. So Skoda in Pilsen would belong to Gemany which was a great blow for the CSSR. This said I think the chances for a German Czech alliance would increase if Germany recedes its claims in the aftermatch of the Munich Coup. In exchange the CSSR...

If you need an ally of France try it with Belgium. In the war of 1871 there was a good chance of Belgium supporting France. As for Italy they would more likely support Germany if there is no in involvement of A-H. I think the same goes for Britain. At this point there no german fleet programm...

In the peace of 1866 why not take away Tyrol and Salzburg as well. Perhaps give the Trentino to Italy to strenghten their alliance. This way Germany and Italy would have a common border. Could be of use in WW I.

¿How do you define euro-scepticism? I think no one in their right mind can question the benefits of the EU. What you hear from Poland and the Czech Republic is just politics. They just like everyone else want to play a influencial role in the EU. The fact that they do this in such a polemic...

Like I said they elected their representatives to the Reichstag. (since 1874 there were 15 delegates). Since they were not given the status of a state (the landers exist only since after WWII) they had no own parliament. The first Landtag was elected in 1911. Since then they had their own...

That´s not quite true. While A-L did not have the same state status as the rest of the empire they were represented in the parliament. Further it was decided that A-L should be governed form Berlin until such a time they were "properly germanised". Another idea could be in 1871 the military...

I think there was a french ouverture to give indo-chine to the Germans if they could keep Alsace- Lorraine. Of course the southern states wanted a cordon sanitaire against the neighbour outre rhin.

National unity was of course popular by many but not the ruling elite. Wilhelm I did not want to be the german Emperor. The south did not want to join the Prussians. The Wittelsbacher for example had to be bought and were granted a lot of seperate rights. You can not underestimate the what a...

The problem as i see it German unity was build upon a defeated France. e.g. the coronation of Wilhelm I in Versailles and not in Francfort; the unity financed by the 5 billion franc of reparation; the annexation of A.-L.; the try to build a national feeling of unity by glorifying the victory...

I don´t believe there is much difference between German and middle and east european architecture. After all it is one cutural region heavily influenced through Germany in the middle ages. At least in the countries of middle europe.

It´s Nürnberg; berg not burg. And I think it would not do for the world capital. You would have to destroy a lot of the old buildings to get the space needed for such a gigantesque city envisioned by Hitler. An alternative would be to build it ante portas so to speak.