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I really doubt it. Once Rotterdam was in the position to become the biggest port in the world the Netherlands was fully formed as a nation. I have been thinking about a Amsterdam-TL/wank where the eastern provinces are lost. Holland would then be very much like Singapore.

I think you misunderstood my point :) The Dutch certainly wanted control over the Sound to be divided by atleast two powers. Given the way OTL played out the Regenten in Holland are certainly not going to push for the Danes to accept WF as their king. Is it on the other hand possible that the...

So any ideas how we can get WF elected as King of Danes? Is it possible that through this the Danes hope to secure a Dutch alliance?

This might not be the answer you are looking for but like all 'independence' wars (especially post-WWII) the period between 1945 and 1949 was a civil war already!

Oh, on second thought this is really interesting! Quite naturally there will not be a sudden all-encompasing Personal Union between Denmark and the Netherlands. If only because the Stadholderates were not titles, they were offices. The Stadholder was appointed and in service of the Estate(s)...

Something like that is actually the subject of the TL I will eventually write. :)

That is true. Submarines can really only have a effect on a surface warship-to-warship battle in the open sea through luck or by attacking damaged ships in the aftermath. When the battlefield is more confined (as it is in the SEA-theater and maybe the Med) the possible options for the surface...

True ofcourse. However, if you only look at it's capability to service merchantships and acces to the hinterland Antwerpen was far, far superior to it's Dutch counterparts until the building of the Nieuwe Waterweg.

Actually Antwerp was by far the superior port until the Nieuwe Waterweg enabled Rotterdam to become the biggest port in the world. In fact, for East Indiamen to reach the port of Amsterdam they had to use Shipcamels: The approaches were simply too shallow.

Italy would win hands down. One of The biggest problems that Italy had was that the war came right in the middle of The replacement cycle. Mid-30s they were at their relative prime.

So....what POD do you have now? :)

What a interesting map. How did you get IT?

I have been trying to find that out for quite some time. All the sources I could find only say that the Dutch 'tidal inlets' were too shallow without giving any alternatives. I do assume that Antwerpes would better suited but I have nothing to substantiate that.

Well not necessarily less conspicious. The idea was/is that this way the Netherlands (or greater Holland) could focus on it's strongpoint: the navy. This navy could then keep wreaking havoc on it's rivals. One thing that is often overlooked though: because of the depth of it's ports/coast the...

One of the ideas I have for a TL is basically the western provinces going at it themselves, entrenched behind the Water Line. This way they could be safe from the French Army and stay out of the French Wars thus keeping their financial position. Another way could be to prevent the murder of...

Great begin! :)

Maybe the army-attache to Germany visits the front from time to time. Very much doubt it's more than that though and certainly none on the Entente's side.

Isn't that a post-WW2 development though? Before urbanization the difference in population and economics was a lot less.

Well for one France has not been occupied or destroyed in this TL. It has not been totally humiliated. In fact, it is coming out of this war stronger than ever. I do agree that France will want to make sure the Boche don't coming knocking a fourth time. There will certainly be politicians who...

That's from a different TL :)