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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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing The Fall of Bulgaria The Redl affair which had scandalized Viennese society and the military establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with its seamy late-night bathhouse visits and strolls around the Prater...
  3. Nassirisimo

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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing The Battle of Paris The Battle of Paris had not been part of the plan for the Germans when they had first invaded France. What they had envisioned was something akin to 1870-71, to surround France’s capital city...
  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

    Montmarte, April 1913 Martin Daladier had wanted to visit Paris since he was a young boy. The “City of Light”, a place of artists, writers, and showgirls, full of excitement and just a hint of danger sounded like everything that his provincial little town of Doué-en-Anjou was not. He had never...
  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

    Fadıl Necmi; The Sublime Ottoman State: A History of the Ottoman Empire: Istanbul University Press Ottoman Policy at the beginning of the Great War Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Great War for the political classes of the Ottoman Empire, was that it had broken out under...
  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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing The Bear Marches South - The Central Asian Front, 1912 The latter part of the 19th century had seen a rise in tensions between Britain and Russia as both of their empires began to expand toward each other...
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    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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing The Advance toward Paris As October began, the Germans were locked into a race against time in their offensive against France. Already the weather was becoming colder, and it began to rain more, sometimes turning...
  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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing Thunder in the East Following her great victory over the Chinese in 1896, Japan had soon come to identify Russia as her primary adversary. Both powers had been expanding their spheres of spheres advanced steadily...
  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...
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    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...
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    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: Crash of Thunderbolts - September on the Western Front

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing September on the Western Front Since the victory of the combined German armies in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, German planning and thoughts on how a future war with France should proceed underwent various...
  17. Nassirisimo

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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing The Hapsburg's shame - The Balkan Front in 1912 When Austria-Hungary declared war on Bulgaria on the 10th of September, she seemingly had every reason to be confident of a quick and easy victory. Most crucially...
  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

    Roger Evans; A Descent into Hell - A History of The World War: Penguin Publishing From the Balkan War into the World War - The September Crisis Grows Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Bulgaria on the 10th of September caused a flurry of activity in the foreign ministries and...
  20. Nassirisimo

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

    Stefan Stojakovic; Europe's Bloody Borderlands - A History of the Balkans: Routledge From Crisis to Disaster - The Balkan Conflict of August-Summer 1912 Stefan Stambolov had been a unique figure in European politics prior to his assassination. Most accurately described as Bulgaria’s dictator...
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