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The important difference between HRE and the German Federation was that the Federation lacked an Emperor. Such a construction would probably have been opposed by Prussia at the Vienna Conference so it would fall through directly. This is ONLY imaginable, if Austria instead of Prussia would...

The probability of "Market Garden" working is as high as the probability of "Sichelschnitt" working in 1940. How the dice fell determines which one we see as masterpiece and which as a folly. IF Market Garden works somewhat in the intended scope, i.e. Arnhem and the connection thereto are...

Thank you, Chipperback, for the mention. I have also not found the time for these threads. My new job is very fulfilling- but not giving me opportunity to „waste“ time online next to it... Upcoming should be: -the Germanies entries for best foreign language movies at the Oscars -which songs...

ENTSCHEIDUNG BEI DEN SOZIALDEMOKRATEN. Frankfurt/Saarbrücken. It was close and it ended with a long re-count collecting all local ballot boxes in the party headquartes in Frankfurt on the Main. But the SPD of Federal Germany has found a chairman in Heiko Maas. The Federal Secretary of Justice...

Re: Mafia I wanted to keep my words in careful terms, as the succeses against the Mafia sounded to me a bit like "at least they built the Autobahn". But the idea that the possibilities of joining Fascist organisations would also dry up the traditional clan-structures. I remember how Jan Weiler...

"This is the very definition of a hair-brained scheme!" the Arch-Duke of Baden exclaimed. "No, it is not." Karl, the Austria Arch-Duke replied. "This is realpolitik at its best. It poses a challenge, but it also means many new possibilities." "To enhance the power of the House of Habsburg?" the...

Concerning Kaiser Chris‘ remarks, I am not talking on Chipperback‘s behalf but I wish to add that some of the criticized tendencies are dramatic necessities in order to create a Confederate threat worth worrying about. Without the ability to seduce strange bedfellows, the CSA would have run out...

Hello! I can only quote from my memory here. But as far as I remember, the way WW2 played out in this timeline as the Anglo-German war means that the German advance into France 1940 got stuck (which is way more probable than people usually give credit for). Thus, Mussolini is deterred from...

I agree that any appeal to the 14 points after the summer doesn't make any difference. Germany of course took to the 14 points as a reference point when starting to discuss an armistice IOTL. However, this was completely unrealistic at this point as after Amiens and 2nd Piave, the ongoing path...

"So.....now we are under four eyes, as you requested. Bit of a conspiracy, isn't it?" "Call it what you want, Heiko, but we need to talk in order to prevent damage to the party. And to the country." "Quite heroic words coming from the great pragmatist of the North!" "Don't be funny, Herr...

KOALITION IN ÖSTERREICH STEHT. Wien. After months of negotiations which had at several times come to a total standstill and required several interventions by Erzherzog Karl to go ahead, Austria has found a conservative-liberal coalition for the upcoming years. By now, Sebastian Kurz who heads...

Of course it would be good to delay the break-down of the Ottoman Empire. But I doubt that there are logistical possibilities to allow Caspian oil to make a difference in the short-term.

"Wandel durch Annäherung will liberate minds and societies." Willy Brandt

...which is intended and accepted in a way similar to the role of Finland OTL. Slovenia was instrumental in helping to stop the situation concerning Serbia from escalating further and further.

+++ DENIAL +++ Hungarian and Slovenian government have declared in unison that reports in North American media about a confrontation between their armed forces are not based in reality. The political situation between Slovenia and its neighbours has been thoroughly defused more than two years...

That late in the game, having squandered so much of the remaining potential, there is very little left to do. I am afraid that the best Germany can do is to offer armistice at once, go tactically for ultimative preservation of manpower to keep up morale (and lower the number of Lander opting to...

RESULTS OF THE UEFA-Qualification for the Soccer World Championship 2018 Only the winners of each group will qualify, the best six directly, two more to the play-offs. Group A France Iceland Netherlands Trans-Siberia Bulgaria Luxembourg This was an extremely narrow group with France getting...

I agree. Over the course of decades, trade-chains will have re-established with massive initial difficulties, but expanding as soon as either fuel is at hand reliably; or alternate modes of transportations have become common. Especially a nation such as New Zealand which will after a while be...

....add Serbia and Albania to your list; AFAIK. Slovenia has been taken out of the equasion. Niki and Karl weren‘t allowing this shit on Austria‘s front porch. But- every European political scene has its share of Orlando-sympathizers. Sometimes less powerful, sometimes more dangerous (NDPD and...