Search results

I don't assume this would happen. If Alsace and Lorraine would be given to German state or put under a German dynasty because of their German language, the most deadly enemies of nationalism would turn out nationalist. Nope, not to Prussia. They already won too much in Poland, although they...

Four options I see four possibilities. abt. 1750 Friedrich II. and Maria Theresia marry. As they both can be considered as "enlightend", there may be a chance of unifying most of Germany. And during the Napoleonic wars, they gain the rest of Germany. 1815 The Prussian reformers like Humboldt...

The Thief of Baghdad (2006) - Biopic of Saddam Hussein, starring John Rhys-Davies as the Iraqi dictator. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1996) - Academy Awards-winning drama being an allegory of the downfall of the British Empire. Best actor Robin Williams as Aethius and Lu Yi as Attila...

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (2006) - German drama about the lives of the pilots who nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ray (1977) - American biopic of the live of Conrad Roentgen, discoverer of the x-rays. Good Morning, Vietnam (1985) - Documentary about the situation in re-unified...

What about those Polish twins, Kazynsky?

Welcome to the board, Mr. President (of Texas, I assume?)! The Franks: Capital: Aix-la-chapelle (Aachen, Aaken) Religion: Roman Catholic Constitution: republican Area: Everything west of a line: Finland - Odra-River - (today's Czech eastern border - today's Austrian eastern border - Slovenia...

Probably DEATH would appear.

As far as I know, the Edict of Fontainebleau was not Louis' own idea but was rather inspired by his wife and his minister, with the priest taking more of the responsibility. It might be easier to influence them rather than the resolute monarch himself. Louis feared nothing more than being...

Interesting topic. Louis XIV has to have another character (maybe his unkown twin brother Philippe...?): less egocentric and less religious (see Marcel Pagnol's describtion of the king's character). I don't think it will influence the War of Succession too much. France was at the height of its...

I prefer: Courland. Brandenburg. Denmark. That would lead to a strange GNW...

I'm so sorry... ... but I haven't had a look into this thread since summer. So be this an answer to Merry Prankster! During the 19th century, Bavaria tried to conduct a 'third Germany' policy - what meant a Germany besides Prussia and Austria. Bavaria went to war on Austria's side in 1866...

Germany still loses. Britain has got a new war hero and a reason not to give in into any German peace proposal. I can see an earlier or even harsher bombing of German cities. Who might be elected then? I don't know, I am not too firm when it comes to younger British history. But it might have a...

It's on the Internet-Wayback-Archive. No maps & pics, but the text is there. http://web.archive.org/web/20040207165116/www.althist.com/

I don't think even post-war Jews would have wanted a country somewhere nearby German borders. One could never know... Furthermore - the British government offered Uganda to the Jews during the 1890s. Their representatives declined. In the 1940s, a Jewish state in the Middle East was the only...

Damnit! What is the problem of all you guys on this board?! :mad: You're the second one who reminds me of that. So I let me answer like I did last time: Just because some slight difference happened, it is no blank check for changing everything completely!!!

Maybe something like that: Alexander the Great does not die in 323 BC, but ten years later. During these ten years, he surrounds Arabian peninsula and conquers Northern India. Buddhist monks follow to Hellas. In 313 BC, Alex dies, his generals carve up the Empire as in OTL. Around 300 BC, Zenon...

In Germany, there is Joachim Fuchsberger still very known for his outreageous performance in those 60s Ian Flemming movies - black-and-white, but quite stylish. In the 1990s, Bastian Pastewka made a parody out of them. He called it "James Pond". The best one, however, was Horst Buchholz in...

I don't think a POD in 1914 could prevent the world from a war. There were too many unsolved problems in Europe. Only some of the main problems: 1. Minorities: Slavs, Danish, Alsatians - they all wanted to be treated equal and not like second class subjects. 2. Antagonism between Germans and...

Here in the new parts of the Swiss Confederation we only that France is now a more federalist state as the Capital was destroyed. That was a lesson to be learned: Be more decentralized. Here in Alsace, we have learned the lesson and entered Swiss confederation in 1968. Baden and the Palatinate...

At least, there wouldn't be a "King Arthur" myth - thereby changing the whole idea of romance in European Middle Age...