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A French Prince holding London, Winchester, Canterbury, and Rochester. I think Louis did better than most would-be conquerors of England. He even got Alexander II of Scotland swearing allegiance to him. 22 warships and 108 converted merchant ships. Against 34 English warships 34 warships...

The key term is prolonged, lengthy in time. The entire Franco-Prussian War lasted for about 10 months (July, 1870-May, 1871). Not a good example to convince people that France and Germany will be trapped in a four-year long standstill.

Closely related yes, but not really friends. Family relations had not prevented previous European conflicts. For a few examples. *War of the Oranges (1801). France and Spain vs. Portugal. Charles IV of Spain and Maria I of Portugal were 1st cousins. *War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806)...

Actually they had the concept of what prolonged warfare would be like. The French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars combined has lasted for 23 years (1792-1815). The problem was that none of the recent wars (from their perspective) was nearly as lengthy. The Belle Époque had acclimated...

The Balkans already had their fill of violence for the 1910s and were undergoing significant changes.: *First Balkan War (October, 1912 - May, 1913). Ottoman Empire vs. Balkan League (Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia). Almost all Ottoman territories were captured by the Allies...

Well, that is a first for me. You would like the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista (1901-1976, terms 1940-1944, 1952-1959) to endure? Are you fan of American organized crime figures of the time? "Batista established lasting relationships with organized crime, notably with American mobsters...

True. A Chinese state heavily influenced by the Southern Baptist Convention would be unique. Scary, but unique. "Hong developed a literalist understanding of the Bible and added a third testament of annotations to the Taiping's Bible. These developed a Oneness theology. He rejected the doctrine...

*The First Mexican Empire, under the House of Iturbide. I would basically like to see any timeline where Mexico gains a relatively stable form of government in the 19th century and Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876) doesn't rise to power. *The Gallic Empire (260-274) under Postumus, the...

Strange point. Maintaining your own areas does not mean you win a World War.

Why? The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (11 May-16 September, 1939) between the Soviets and the Japanese ended in a decisive Soviet victory. While the official Japanese reports on their own casualties spoke of "8,440 killed, 8,766 wounded", it is considered probable that their numbers were inaccurate...

If Canada is any indication, the Commonwealth's industrial capabilities were impressive. See: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/history/secondwar/fact_sheets/material *"Canadian industry produced more than 800,000 military transport vehicles, 50,000 tanks, 40,000 field, naval, and anti-aircraft...

Well, it would certainly be useful to know whether a country had further reserves to call upon.

But they are still involved in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). And Japan has already captured French Indochina (22-26 September, 1940). Are the United States of this timeline still cutting oil, iron, and steel exports to Japan by July, 1940? Are there still lingering tensions between...

Hmmm.... pay closer attention to what the nature of the German-Japanese alliance was. The initial Anti-Comintern Pact (1936) between the two powers mainly ensured that they would co-ordinate efforts against the Soviet Union. And both powers agreed to never sign political treaties with said...

Absence Without Leave? Now, I'm confused.

But we do have the concept that there was a smaller number of bureaucrat under the Julio-Claudian dynasty, and we also know that there was a much larger standing army from Septimius Severus onwards. See...

One my favorite subjects actually. Eudoxia, Pulcheria, Eudocia, Verina, Ariadne, Theodora, Sophia, Constantina, and even Martina dominated court life from the 5th to the 7th century and in some cases are much better remembered than their consorts and co-rulers. As John W. Barker said "If it...

Annihilation of most of the Roman forces involved, first Roman Emperor killed in battle against non-Romans since Valens in 378, low morale for Roman troops and populations. The cities of Debeltos/Debeltum (near modern Burgas) and Mesembria (modern Nesebar) fell to Krum in 812. Which caused...

I really doubt that. Romans paying tribute to a foreign state again, the Papacy and the Franks supporting a rival emperor, and the Bulgarians becoming hostile. Which did not directly affect Irene. But defined the reign of Nikephorus I and its end: the Battle of Pliska (811), a major disaster...

First this is a poll about "Favorites" and not "the best". Second, how do you figure? A 2-year reign with relatively stable borders, administrative reforms aiming at reducing bureaucracy, increased autonomy for cities, recalling of exiles, and a religious policy that was working. At least in...