Meh, France is honestly better off not touching the Balkans powderkeg.
Considering that this is a victorious Napoleon that's been stifled by years of peace however, I find France non-involvement very unlikely.
So, uh, I just found and binged this tl. Kinda regretting it a bit now.
Don't get me wrong. It's a great tl and a great story of tragedy about the fall of a nation. But it's Christmas, dammit. I'm not supposed to be depressed on Christmas.
I just did a Google. Apparently there's an op by the name of Tokyo Express where the IJN tried to resupply their beleaguered troops and got utterly demolished in the Pacific. Along with all the supplies and other important war materials.
That had interesting implications.
I don't get the reason why it turned into an Express. It felt like a weird turn of phrase. Kind of like a turkey shoot, maybe?
But somehow I feel like whatever phrase coined it, the future battle will not go well for the Granadans.
I'm betting my imaginary mansion that the foreign minister is going to get a terminal case of assassination on the way to Warsaw.
Anyway, thanks for the update, Antony. Glad to see that you're not abandoning this story.
I still want to complain about the lack of threadmark though.
This would be good for Arab stability, for better or worse. The tribes, oligarchs, and other extreme factionalisms are a major factor in Middle East instability. Would do wonders to reduce Wahhabism as well, because the tribes were its most major followers and supporters.
Al Saeed's nascent...