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  1. Nassirisimo

    Politics of a San Stefano Bulgaria?

    This big Bulgaria will be unstable, but not necessarily more internally unstable than OTL. The Muslim population of Bulgaria was most heavily concentrated in the east of the country, areas which were part of Bulgaria in OTL, so adding Macedonia isn't likely to skew things all that much. Big...
  2. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    ...though some have claimed that the city was in fact Serb majority. Balkan demographics are usually a particularly murky subject at any rate. * * * * * * Author's Notes - Apologies for the very long wait on the update. I don't have an excuse. Sorry. Bulgaria's amazing run against the odds...
  3. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Battle of Paris - Part 2

    ...reversal, one that would soon be rectified once the Germans had caught their breath and straightened out the situation on the Home Front. * * * * * * Author's notes - A lot of what is up in the air for Paris' future has been discussed, but it's worthwhile illustrating that what happened is...
  4. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    Paris' future depends very much on the results of the war. If the Entente somehow manage to win, we can expect that vast amounts of war reparations would be ploughed into the reconstruction of Paris. In OTL Modernism was beginning to gain ground in the Western World so it is unclear whether the...
  5. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Battle of Paris - Part One

    ...but the elation seemed to take the edge away from it. He had survived today, and better yet for a soldier, he had participated in a glorious deed. * * * * * * Kevin Harrison; The Great Intermittent Dynasty – A History of the Bonapartes: Sword and Sandal Publishing Napoleon IV and the...
  6. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    Okay, so long time no reply. This time my excuse is an impromptu trip to Bahrain (nothing bad happened, I just had the opportunity thanks to China finally opening up its borders), as well as my luggage (which included my laptop charger) being stuck in Bangkok for almost two weeks (thank you Gulf...
  7. Nassirisimo

    The New Order: A Successful Selim III

    Always great to see another Ottoman timeline around here. The idea of Selim's reforms being successful is a rather interesting one as it gives the empire a good 30+ years of reform, and at a critical time when Europe is concerned with some Corsican rampaging around the continent. Trying to...
  8. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: Ottoman Policy at the beginning of the Great War

    ...that the Ottoman Armenians experienced in OTL… I don’t want to suggest this is positive in any way. Atrocities are hard to write about. * * * * * * Author's notes - This isn't the definitive update on the Ottoman Empire during the Great War, and there are quite a number of aspects such as...
  9. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    I have now recovered from Covid! (remember Covid guys?!?) I'm loving the discussion on the possibilities that the war and post-war period have for India. There's a lot to have a think about here for what might happen in the future, and India's future isn't totally decided so it's always...
  10. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Bear Marches South - The Central Asian Front, 1912

    ...The fact that there are members of the Afghan Royal Family who are opposed to Abdul Qadir will likely come in handy for their occupation. * * * * * * Author's notes - As I write this, I am starting to feel a little dizzy from what I suspect could possibly be Covid. So who is to say when...
  11. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    The Russians don't have that baggage of the defeat, especially important when one considers that many revolutionary groups smelled blood as the regime tottered in 1905. On the other hand, the Japanese may still have the chance to inflict a defeat on the Russians, but I wonder what this would...
  12. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: The German advance toward Paris, 1912

    ...to utilize the anti-Russian sentiment that existed for obvious reasons, and so German is operating on limited financial resources compared to OTL. * * * * * * Author's notes - This is usually where I'm supposed to apologise after taking a month and a half to actually post an update, and...
  13. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: Thunder in the East - The Far-Eastern Front of the World War in 1912

    ...Kuropatkin in TTL was the man who had pulled the Russian army together after the defeat at Çatalca and has something of a good reputation in TTL. * * * * * * Author's notes - Finally back! "Guangzhouwan", or Zhanjiang as it's known today, is actually quite a pleasant little place. This...
  14. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    There's a lot to respond to here, so I'll take the unusual step of not quoting all your posts while responding. I'm travelling at the end of the week, which means that besides not being able to play as much Victoria 3 as I'd like to, I'll be unable to post anything until some point after...
  15. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    This is something of a danger-zone for the Ottomans actually. With Italy, the TEA has enough reason to partition Ottoman lands and there would certainly be enough strength. Whether Italy does join... well were France to crumple against the Germans then I could see something like Italy's...
  16. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: Crash of Thunderbolts - September on the Western Front

    ...soldiers occupying Belgium. Of course, this does nothing to excuse German atrocities against the Belgians during their occupation of the country. * * * * * * Author's Notes - Military history isn't quite my forte, and I hope that at least most of this is plausible. The Germans have a more...
  17. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Balkan Front 1912

    ...him… though I guess you already know that if you made it this far. [5] – Earlier gay rights movement in Austria-Hungary confirmed. Or maybe not. * * * * * * Author's notes - Austria-Hungary did about as well in 1912 in TTL as she did in 1914 in our own timeline. Don't think she's down for...
  18. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline

    This is entirely possible. The Hapsburgs didn't exactly distinguish themselves in their last war with the Ottomans, but on the flip side, the Bulgarians don't have the manpower to defeat the Austrians by themselves. Bulgaria in some respects is acting like a 14-year-old provoking an adult man...
  19. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: Into the World War - September 1912

    ...Tsar played an important role in ensuring Socialist support for war credits in the German Reichstag in OTL, something that may not happen in TTL. * * * * * * Author's Notes - The Great War is here! And it's going to be great! In terms of suffering, hopelessness, etc... The initial balance...
  20. Nassirisimo

    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: From Crisis to Disaster - The Balkan Conflict of August-Summer 1912

    ...was a rallying point for many inhabitants of the Hapsburg Empire to punish “dog Serbia” [4] – Kyustendzha is OTL’s Constanta in Romania * * * * * * Author's notes - "This will get bloody before it gets better" is a good way to summarize the situation. The conflict is escalating, but it...
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