AH Challenge: Fail, Britannia!

ummm... the British empire is already the worst thing to ever happen to humanity. In British controlled India more than Thirty million people were starved just for economic gains. I can't decide whether this is worse than Hitler or not. The Nazi's killed people because they wanted them dead, the British killed them in inhuman, calculated decisions based on monetary gain. And the British were better at murder also, instead of bothering with bullets or hanging they dug giant pits and dumped thousands of Indians in them at a time to die of thirst and exposure.
 
ummm... the British empire is already the worst thing to ever happen to humanity. In British controlled India more than Thirty million people were starved just for economic gains. I can't decide whether this is worse than Hitler or not. The Nazi's killed people because they wanted them dead, the British killed them in inhuman, calculated decisions based on monetary gain. And the British were better at murder also, instead of bothering with bullets or hanging they dug giant pits and dumped thousands of Indians in them at a time to die of thirst and exposure.
Reported. I can see the point you were trying to make, you just did so in the worst way possible.
 
Hannover? Hannover will remain under Ernest's control - if need be, Prussian arms will see to that, just as IOTL. Of course, that means that there might well be a British-Empire-in-Exile (the Exile being Hannover, which after all is no part of the Empire :p ), seeing as in your scenarios various colonies refuse to recognice the Commonwealth. But if Ernest is still around and in Hannover, they can still follow him...

That's precisely what I said! :p London and Hanover contain "rival" governments that refuse to recognise one-another, ala China and Taiwan.
 

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ummm... the British empire is already the worst thing to ever happen to humanity. In British controlled India more than Thirty million people were starved just for economic gains. I can't decide whether this is worse than Hitler or not. The Nazi's killed people because they wanted them dead, the British killed them in inhuman, calculated decisions based on monetary gain. And the British were better at murder also, instead of bothering with bullets or hanging they dug giant pits and dumped thousands of Indians in them at a time to die of thirst and exposure.

This isn't the chat forum. Don't post flamebait.
 
Just simple, have Spanish Armada successfully link up with Netherland's fleet, destroy the English Fleet, and have a successful Spanish landing. Britain would cease to exit except for Canada or whichever British colony in which Elizabeth I will flee to.
 
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Just simple, have Spanish Armada successfully link up with Netherland's fleet, destroy the English Fleet, and have a successful Spanish landing. Britain would cease to exit except for Canada or whichever British colony in which Elizabeth II will flee to.


Didn't know the Queen was THAT old and reigned for the last 400 years. :D
 
Just simple, have Spanish Armada successfully link up with Netherland's fleet, destroy the English Fleet, and have a successful Spanish landing. Britain would cease to exit except for Canada or whichever British colony in which Elizabeth I will flee to.
I said about this in the first page, but the POD has to be after 1770 ;)
 

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That's precisely what I said! :p London and Hanover contain "rival" governments that refuse to recognise one-another, ala China and Taiwan.

Oh I thought you meant revolutionary new governments in both London and Hannover rival to Prussia and Russia :p Of course, it wouldnt be entriely PRC-RoC like, since Hannover wasnt part of the UK or the Empire :p Hence, hannover wopuld have its regular own government, plus a government-in-exile of the UK. Though actually, Im not sure the colonies would recognice the latter one. It has the King, maybe (if he can flee! Which isnt said...), but it wouldnt have any legitimate Parliament, after all...

Actually, what if the King cant flee? Would the Commonwealth exile him? Imprison him? Or go the French revolutionary way? Of course in the 19thc entruy exile was usually the instrument of choice, but that is difficult here, exactuly due to Ernest having domains outside Britain... and an additional bonus to killing the King and his heirs would be to shatter the personal union of the UK (that is, the claim to the UK) and Hannover...
 
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