This too. Which is basically the counterpart of Frankfurt, I believe.
Map Thread XXI
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a follow up to The East Africa War and this World Map of 1948.
this is intended to be something akin to a textbook overviewing the situation surrounding the Former USSR, German Colonization in the East, and the Siberian Emergency Government.
established after the fall of Stalingrad by a panicked Zhukov, the country would face a long period of poverty and famine. However, shortly before the For Freedom and Forever Speech that declared American intent to challenge Nazi Hegemony, President Chester Nimitz recognized the General as "Chancellor of Siberia," which some have attributed to Bormann's trade war with the Americans. Either way, as relations stabilized between the US, Siberia, and China, trade and investment increased, which would begin the slow stabilization of the SEG.
Real talk, the SEG is probably pretty implausible, but at the same time so is a nazi victory so i figured i'd make russia a little less dystopic than it usually goes
Making Russia non dystopian in a NAZI victory scenario is impossible tbh
"little less" are doing olympian level work in that sentence. don't get me wrong, the entire situation is fucked, and the crimes against humanity incomprehensible. but i figured a centralized government versus years of warlordism would make siberia/east-russia just that tiny bit better.
May I ask what format of basemap it is? (I mean like worlda, Q-bam etc.)
Europe of the Stettin-TL with former Iron Curtain in yellow.
As you can see, in this TL the borders between Austria and the Czech Republic are different, because after WWI German Austria and Czechoslovakia agreed to draw the borders approximately along the linguistic boundary in both southern Bohemia and southern Moravia. Furthermore German Austria could keep the German-speaking areas in OTL Slovenia, including Marburg an der Drau (slov. Maribor). But in exchange Austria had to concede Felsőőrvidék/Burgenland to Hungary and Austria had to stay completely neutral. In the 60s, Italy got a very left-wing government, which decided to hold a plebiscite in South Tyrol about its future belonging to either Italy or Austria. More than 90% voted for Austria. So at the end of the 60s, South Tyrol got officially ceded by Austria. Since that event, the Italians never trusted left-winged parties anymore.
After WWI, the treaty of Trianon was a bit fairer to Hungary. Hungary could not only keep Felsőőrvidék, but also the Hungarian majority-Felvidék (OTL southern Slovakia), the border with Roumania got drawn a little more eastern, so that Nagyvárad (Oradea) stayed within the Hungarian borders, as well as the northern third of Vajdaság (Voivodina) including Szabadka and Zombor and the Muravidék with Muraszombat.
The borders of Turkey have also been drawn differently after the first world war - especially it could keep less of eastern Thracia.
After WWII, Germany had to cede the counties (Landkreise) of Glatz and Halberschwerdt, as well as a few villages south of Leobschütz (Głubczyce) and Katscher (Kietrz) to Czechoslovakia. Also after WWII, the Italian city of Triest has been given to Yugoslavia.
Within the Soviet Union, the borders between the SSRs (at least in Europe) have been drawn differently, more or less based on more historical borders, but "amended". The Moldavian SSR has an actual coast here. Crimea has also never been given to the Ukrainian SSR. A Kertch brigde was build in the late 70s already.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflinct went off very differently, making Azerbaijan the "bad guys" here, who began all the thing. Armenia is much more victorious than in OTL - also getting (secret) little help from both Greece and Iran. Armenia fully annexed Nagorno-Karabakh and the Link in 1994. Nakhichevan became something like an Armenian puppet state. Since Armenia is closely allied with Russia, Azerbaijan officially gave up its claims in 2009. Turkey never intervened in the conflict and also never officially allied with Azerbaijan, because it feared a war with Russia as a result.
Cyprus never got invaded by Turkey after the Brits left the Island.
Belarus envolved to a typical former-east bloc-republic like Poland, Hungary, Czech Rep., Lithuania, etc. - Lukanshenko didn't become president in 1994 (nor later). Belarus joined EU in 2008, but other than its western neighbours, Belarus didn't join NATO.
Ukraine envolved very similar to OTL until 2013, but with failed Euromaidan. Since then, the country driftet into a (isulated) dictatorship, similar to OTL Belarus. But here, Yanukovych('s Ukraine) is not backed by Russia. At least not very much.
After its independence, Moldavia very soon (in 1992) became a socialist dictatorship by coup. In 2004 - after massive countrywide protests - elections were hold and Moldavia became a western-orientated democracy. The Russian-speaking Transnistria became an autonomous area within Moldavia. The cyrillic alphabet stayed official and a reunion with Romania was rejected.
In late 2004, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and other politicans of the Russian government died after an airplane crash in Slovakia. Since then, Russia followed a policy, resulting in a more "western-friendly" way (much more western-friendly than in OTL), but still being "its own thing". The relations between the US/NATO states and Russia are much more normal. Also there was never a Russo-Georgian war here. Also Russia never attacked Ukraine in this TL.
There was never an islamic revolution in Iran. The country is still a shahdom. There were some big reforms during the 80s and today is a wondeful example of a western-style state in the middle east. Also equal opportunities for women are a surprisingly big thing here.
Since the Arab Spring had no success in this TL (only Tunisia made some lukewarm smaller reforms) and especially there were never (or not that massive) civil wars in Syria and Lybia, the 2015-refugee desaster did not happen in these proportions like in OTL. If it will happen, it will have been much much milder.
Also - as in all my TLs - there was never a Covid 19 going to be happen.
This is also part of this TL.
Portland isn't quite right, because Portland Oregon is named after Portland Maine, and Portland Maine is named after Portland in Dorset (in England).
That Portland was named for being an island with a decent port.
I present you the finished map of the Russian special military operation against Sweden in a timeline where Sweden held on to its baltic provinces.
Peter the Great intensifies.I present you the finished map of the Russian special military operation against Sweden in a timeline where Sweden held on to its baltic provinces.
LEGEND: United Republic of Britain in red, Kingdom of Scotland in yellow, shared URB-Scottish forces in orange, British Interim Government and Irish occupation in yellow green, Welsh Republican Government in cream, Revolutionary Commando Army and NATO intervention in darker green, reconciled opposition forces in purple (mainly situated in Brighton), and the Holy Kingdom of Albion in grey. Map as of October 2022.
Context: In 1994, during the premiership of John Major, a nuclear bomb suddenly explodes in Britain's countryside. After some investigation, resulting in a brief crisis with the Russian Federation, it is eventually determined that the attackers originated from Al-Qaeda, with original plans to detonate the bomb in London. Major passes an Emergency Powers Act, initially gaining the respect of the people, but it is clearer over time that Major is abusing the powers granted by the Act. In 1997, the Queen is assassinated; the government is quickly overrun by pro-Major forces and transformed into an authoritarian one-party republic.
By 2011, the United Republic of Britain has become a pariah in Europe, with NATO and the EU placing sanctions on it, and regular rigged elections consistently electing the corrupt [UK DICTATOR IDEAS ARE WELCOMED] into office. Protests in London rapidly spread across the United Kingdom through its limited social media platforms, and before long, the whole country is in an uproar. Protests are violently suppressed, and the emergence of the Holy Kingdom of Albion, an irredentist terrorist group that seeks to reclaim "stolen" territories in Europe, only makes things worse. As of 2022, the British Civil War has claimed the lives of 1.1 million people and has created over 17 million refugees into mainland Europe.
For more context: This is an attempt at making a map of the British civil war seen in the video below, which is itself an attempt to imagine a Syrian civil war equivalent in the United Kingdom.
Yeah; I planned to include this as well. Any suggestions for who could serve as the current leader of the URB?
Nah, my point is that there are always places with the same name in the same country. Why and/or how they got the same name wasn't what I was getting at.
I don't know. To finish the analogy, would John Major's son James Major work as the current dictator of the UK ITTL?
Sublime Turkic State: Rise of the Turanist League
Rise of Ismail Enver (1916-1928)
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire due to the seceding Arab States and the following partition imposed by the Quadripartite during the Varna Conference, the newly-formed Republic of Anatolia faced tumultuous revanchist sentiments across the wider public. From the rural populace to the highest echelons of military ranks, it slowly manifests into an extremist upheaval as it culminates in the assassination of the founding prime minister - Mustafa Kemal, in 1917. His death led to a brief but violent interregnum as the political factions of Turkey rose back to assert their rule across the rump state.
However, the ultranationalist forces of the Turanist League stood triumphant as Ismail Enver's return from Eastern Turkestan provoked a coup against the provisional parliament six months after the prime minister's demise. His rise to power immediately led to the Decree of Istanbul, which merges the power of both the Prime Minister and Head of Parliament into a single position of Supreme Leader. The position bestowed on him enabled the purge of potential opponents within the political echelons, especially figures loyal to Mustafa Kemal.
The swift remilitarization of the country later followed the purge. In the attempt to transform the negligible Anatolian Army into the "Prussians of the Orient," Ismail Enver introduced conscription laws that bolstered the ranks into 650,000 men and massive industrialization plans focusing on the production of local arms and machinery. Consequently, fierce rebellions - both provoked by military opposition and religious orders, took place and total commodification of its agricultural produce for export value led to famines that cost the lives of thousands. But despite the hurdle, the country barely recovered from the following consequence.
The Great Restoration (1928-1946)
1928 marked the year when aspirations for territorial restoration were at their peak, with both public sentiments and elite aspirations taking root. While the Supreme Leader planned for such expansion to commence in 1930 due to the concerns of insufficient logistics, the political pressure by both his cohorts at the Turanist League and even members of the rubber stamp parliament later subsumed him into mobilizing his army earlier than planned.
Influenced by the advice from Marshal Fevzi Çakmak, Anatolia - reforming itself to be known as the Sublime Turkic State five months prior, declared war against the Asiatic Tripartite under the pretense of reuniting Turkish minorities. Eventually dubbed the Mountain War, the conflict is marked by my swift maneuvering within the restrictive confines of narrow passes and high elevations. Despite the valiant efforts by the alliance, especially by the Kurdish military and its supporting religious orders, the Turks rose triumphant after the decisive operation over the Murat River.
The Arab states took notice of the aftermath of the Mountain War, especially the Sultanate of Egypt. Understandably fearing the encroachment of the revanchist Turks, Egypt and Syria waged a preemptive strike against the state, wishing to dismantle its militarized nation. Iran eventually followed suit with their attempt to claim the eastern regions for themselves, seeking to install regimes willing to comply with their whims. Despite achieving impressive feats during the initial stage of the war, their archaic forces were unable to cope with the modernized formations of the Turkic Army. However, unwilling to risk a protractive conflict, Ismail Enver was able to coerce them into relinquishing Northern Syria and Kirkuk after the Battle of Ar Raqqah.
The campaign of the Great Restoration eventually took its climax since the Crisis of the Channel, eventually culminating in Great Eurasian War. Siding with the Franco-German Pact against the Russians and British, the state mobilized its most capable formations against Greek holdings in both Smyrna and Thrace. The formidable Turkic Army has finally met its match as the deep entrenchments of the Kyriakos Lines; layers of defenses constructed since the Mountain War proved difficult as it obstructs the Turkish League's ambitions to expand their further east. However, the eventual assistance by the French Navy enabled the Turks to maneuver across the Aegean Sea from island to island, even threatening to establish another front at Morea and Athens.
Such pressure coerced Greece to accept the ultimatum imposed by France and Turkey: Departing itself from the Quadripartite alliance the seceding its territories under Ismail Enver's terms. The conclusion of the Greek Theatre was followed by the euphoric hailing of the public, which legitimize the Turkic League as the epitome movement of the Turkic race. However, despite the end of the Great Eurasian War, the celebration of victory was met with a sudden end when the supreme leader's triumph at Constantinople was interrupted by an explosive charge, killing him in the process. The assassination paved the way for another power vacuum, cycling itself to the same situation that befell Mustafa Kemal's demise.
I suppose this just increases the internet jokes about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
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