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  1. Proposals and War Aims That Didn't Happen Map Thread

    The Shatt-al-Arab forms part of the border between Iraq and Khuzestan so Saddam would get control of it if he got Khuzestan.

  2. Proposals and War Aims That Didn't Happen Map Thread

    Is there a map somewhere of the territory Iraq wanted in the Iran-Iraq War?

  3. Successful Boulangist coup 1889

    What will Italy do? They stand to gain territory if they side with either Germany or France, if Austria-Hungary gets involved. If France wins how will that affect military developments?

  4. Successful Boulangist coup 1889

    He could be Marshal General of France and prime minister so as to exercise control over military and civilian affairs. If he doesn't consolidate his power in one office it'd be interesting to see what his successors do.

  5. Successful Boulangist coup 1889

    France encouraged immigration IOTL for exactly the same reason. A France with Alsace-Lorraine and possibly other industrial regions will probably have higher immigration though.

  6. Proposals and War Aims That Didn't Happen Map Thread

    The British would probably want to keep most of German East Africa so they could complete the Cape to Cairo route.

  7. Proposals and War Aims That Didn't Happen Map Thread

    According to this article: https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/war_aims_and_war_aims_discussions_africa#Belgian_2C_South_African_and_Portuguese_Colonial_Objectives there were several plans involving swapping Portuguese colonial territory to Belgium & South Africa in exchange for...

  8. What if Maria Theresa married Charles III of Spain?

    Feeling abandoned by Britain could lead Charles VI to reform the Spanish alliance of 1725. The Spanish would love the idea of getting a Bourbon on Austria's throne and Charles III would (probably) bring some Italian lands back with him for the Austrians.

  9. What if Maria Theresa married Charles III of Spain?

    Why wouldn't Ferdinand VI be sufficient? He had children with his wife, so they might have had surviving children in another timeline. Plus Charles would probably have given up his right to the Spanish throne, or agreed that it not be united with Austria.

  10. What if Maria Theresa married Charles III of Spain?

    I've read a lot of threads discussing alternate husbands for Maria Theresa, usually Frederick II, but I haven't seen any about a marriage to Charles III of Spain. In 1736 Charles VI convinced Francis to trade Lorraine for Tuscany. Francis's mother and brother opposed the swap, and Francis had...

  11. WI:Franco-Polish alliance vs Austria-Prussia on Austrian War of Succession

    Frederick didn't care much about religion so he would have converted for political expediency. Whether he'd get to be ruler of Brandenburg while married to Maria Theresa is another matter though, his father might not consent to the marriage and disinherit him.

  12. WI:Franco-Polish alliance vs Austria-Prussia on Austrian War of Succession

    Something interesting I came across while reading about the War of the Polish Succession is that Francis's mother and brother didn't want him to exchange Lorraine for Tuscany. If he caves in to them then Charles VI might have called the wedding off which could lead to Frederick and Maria getting...

  13. Britain takes territory during the war of 1812?

    I've been focused on asking why HB of CJ thinks Britain would tear up the Treaty of Ghent just because they won the Battle of New Orleans, so in this case it isn't an issue of America going down in flames. The negotiations have already happened like OTL.

  14. Britain takes territory during the war of 1812?

    I didn't say they would settle instantaneously but if the British try to box America in they aren't going to be able to stop all the settlers who sneak over, at least not in an affordable way. How much money will the Louisiana Purchase make Britain anyway? Is that worth turning America into an...

  15. Britain takes territory during the war of 1812?

    What risk? The issue isn't whether they'd succeed or not, but if some territorial gain is worth the stain on Britain's diplomatic reputation. And once they take the land how are they going to keep America settlers out of it?

  16. Britain takes territory during the war of 1812?

    Wasn't the British position at the beginning of the war that Louisiana still belonged to Spain? So if they tried to take any territory west of the Mississippi they'd be stealing land from the Spanish by breaking a treaty with the USA.

  17. Britain takes territory during the war of 1812?

    Why would one victory be enough to ignore a treaty they'd just signed? How much would they even get that'd be worth the damage to their international reputation?

  18. WI: Total French defeat in the War of the Spanish Succession

    There's also the question of what happens to Bavaria. Austria wanted to annex most of it, only returning the north to the Count Palatine. But because France made a comeback Bavaria got its independence back.

  19. WI: Total French defeat in the War of the Spanish Succession

    As for peace terms, during the NYW and WotSS a goal of the Grand Coalition was to reduce France to its 1659 borders, but if the war is going well enough they could push for the 1648 borders instead. The Austrians even wanted the Three Bishoprics. If Joseph is dead then either Austria's allies...

  20. Franco-Dutch partition of the Spanish Netherlands

    Who proposed those borders in 1632 and 1635? I assume the orange line is the language border? Louis didn't care much about economics so he'd probably have accepted pretty generous commercial concessions in exchange for land. He'd probably threaten to revoke them to extort Dutch subsidies for...
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