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  1. 1754: Dupleix isn't recalled to France, French India holds

    Hello y'all, The year is 1754. To try and prevent another conflict with the eternal enemy, Albion, Louis XV decides to recall the artisan of French dominance in India, Joseph Dupleix. This led to a great weakening of the colonial hold there which, a decade or so later, led to the loss of the...
  2. Question: Why Hong Kong prospered and not Saigon?

    Hi everyone, It's more of a question really, why did Hong Kong and Shangai prosper immensely under English rule whereas Saigon and Fort Bayard did rather poorly under French rule? What were the main differences and how could it have been changed? Is it just because Hong Kong had a better...
  3. Zeppelin and air force after Franco-Prussian war of 1871

    Hi all, I'm working on a novel where for a few years airships came into fashion after the successful escape of Gambetta during the siege of Paris. I know it's a bit cliché but it's a tiny genre marker in there. After a couple victories from the French air navy, European caught up and saw it as...
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