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I'll gonna give you an idea what that military wikibox mean for you users out there: it's a conflict that is taking place of my planned story (for which, I have taking problems to try and launch it to the air), as well as a setting that is inspired by a certain game that I recently liked, and my observations of the OTL world as well.
Clue: It's all about fighter planes. Heavy usage of fighter planes.
Enjoy.
I do like the skilled parrellism for Iraq, i always had a similar concept in mind but you did it better than I could have.
I wonder if Sirte may play a role similar to OTL Tikrit, a hub of loyalism and insurgent movements. While there is not the sectarian factor of Iraq there are regional and ethnic divides. As in Iraq where Shia militias and Peshmerga took the power vacuum, so would the Benghazi Thuwar groups as America likely unknowingly places them in power
Fixed. There's probably a few in the Land Down Under, but their numbers are small compared to the number of vampires in Romania and the US.
Now for my alternate Bastille Storming writeup:
The Storming of the Bastille was an event in the Paris Uprising that occurred on the date of 14 June, 1789, and one of the most famous events in French history.
During the late 1780s, King Louis XVI of France embarked on a program of reform, which many among the French nobility felt threatened by, especially after the king announced he would convene the Estates General for the first time in over a century. The most hardline among them conspired to rebel against the crown in order to either force the king to walk back his reforms or replace him with one of his more conservative younger brothers. Known to posterity as the Réactionnaire alliance, part of the reactionary rebels' plan was to seize control of Paris and kill or imprison individuals they identified as "friends of the people" or "friends of the king" using their proxies in the French Guards as well as German and Irish mercenaries they had secretly hired. The Bastille's governor, Bernard-René Jordan de Launay, had joined the reactionaries and secretly supplemented his troops with some of the mercenaries hired by them. A medieval armory, fortress and prison, the Bastille was one of the strongest positions held by the reactionary forces.
However, many in the French Guards under the command of pro-reactionary officers refused to carry out the "treacherous and inhumane orders" they were given, out of loyalty to the king, sympathy for the Parisians, or both, and mutinied against their officers. Moreover, many in Paris, realizing what was happening, rose up to fight the reactionary forces, some fighting side-by-side with loyal troops or helping protect individuals targeted by the reactionaries. The fighting only intensified when the reactionary leaders within Paris declared the city theirs, with more people taking up arms in defiance of them. Some were shot at from the Bastille, but this largely went unnoticed in the chaos at first. As the loyalist troops and the armed civilians gained ground and the Marquis de Lafayette's all-volunteer Légion de la liberté entered the city and joined the risers and loyalists, some of the reactionary forces retreated to the Bastille. When word spread that the Bastille was in the hands of the reactionaries, the risers began either keeping their distance from it or firing at it, with a detachment eventually putting it to siege. As the reactionary forces were killed, captured or driven out, more attention was paid to the Bastille by the risers, the loyalists and the legionnaires, and many of them began to advance on it, with Lafayette personally giving orders. Chanting "Vive la liberté!" and "Vive le roi!", they stormed the Bastille after being allowed in by defectors who opened the gates to them. Within a short time, the Bastille had been taken over. De Launay was beaten and stabbed to death by an enraged crowd while being taken out of the Bastille, with cries of "tyrant!" and "traitor!" ringing through the streets. Once this was done, de Launay's corpse was decapitated and his severed head mounted on a pike, which was paraded first through the streets of Paris as a symbol of triumph, then in front of the Palace of Versailles as both a sign of loyalty to the king and a warning to reactionaries and their sympathizers.
On the day after the Bastille was captured, the king gave a speech to an emergency meeting of the Estates General, where he praised the men and women who rose up in support of him, referring to them as the "rebelles fidèles". The name stuck, and it became a catch-all term for those who rose up against the reactionaries during the War of Reaction.
The Storming of the Bastille is an iconic event around the world, considered a signal for the beginning of the end for the abuses of nobility all over Europe, and a symbol of the triumph of the people over elitism and tyranny. In France, the anniversary of the event became a national holiday, known as Bastille Day in the Anglosphere. On the storming's centennial, the Bastille was formally converted into a museum, and there has been a reenactment of the storming there on every Bastille Day since 1952.
The Storming of the Bastille was an event in the Paris Uprising that occurred on the date of 14 June, 1789, and one of the most famous events in French history.
During the late 1780s, King Louis XVI of France embarked on a program of reform, which many among the French nobility felt threatened by, especially after the king announced he would convene the Estates General for the first time in over a century. The most hardline among them conspired to rebel against the crown in order to either force the king to walk back his reforms or replace him with one of his more conservative younger brothers. Known to posterity as the Réactionnaire alliance, part of the reactionary rebels' plan was to seize control of Paris and kill or imprison individuals they identified as "friends of the people" or "friends of the king" using their proxies in the French Guards as well as German and Irish mercenaries they had secretly hired. The Bastille's governor, Bernard-René Jordan de Launay, had joined the reactionaries and secretly supplemented his troops with some of the mercenaries hired by them. A medieval armory, fortress and prison, the Bastille was one of the strongest positions held by the reactionary forces.
However, many in the French Guards under the command of pro-reactionary officers refused to carry out the "treacherous and inhumane orders" they were given, out of loyalty to the king, sympathy for the Parisians, or both, and mutinied against their officers. Moreover, many in Paris, realizing what was happening, rose up to fight the reactionary forces, some fighting side-by-side with loyal troops or helping protect individuals targeted by the reactionaries. The fighting only intensified when the reactionary leaders within Paris declared the city theirs, with more people taking up arms in defiance of them. Some were shot at from the Bastille, but this largely went unnoticed in the chaos at first. As the loyalist troops and the armed civilians gained ground and the Marquis de Lafayette's all-volunteer Légion de la liberté entered the city and joined the risers and loyalists, some of the reactionary forces retreated to the Bastille. When word spread that the Bastille was in the hands of the reactionaries, the risers began either keeping their distance from it or firing at it, with a detachment eventually putting it to siege. As the reactionary forces were killed, captured or driven out, more attention was paid to the Bastille by the risers, the loyalists and the legionnaires, and many of them began to advance on it, with Lafayette personally giving orders. Chanting "Vive la liberté!" and "Vive le roi!", they stormed the Bastille after being allowed in by defectors who opened the gates to them. Within a short time, the Bastille had been taken over. De Launay was beaten and stabbed to death by an enraged crowd while being taken out of the Bastille, with cries of "tyrant!" and "traitor!" ringing through the streets. Once this was done, de Launay's corpse was decapitated and his severed head mounted on a pike, which was paraded first through the streets of Paris as a symbol of triumph, then in front of the Palace of Versailles as both a sign of loyalty to the king and a warning to reactionaries and their sympathizers.
On the day after the Bastille was captured, the king gave a speech to an emergency meeting of the Estates General, where he praised the men and women who rose up in support of him, referring to them as the "rebelles fidèles". The name stuck, and it became a catch-all term for those who rose up against the reactionaries during the War of Reaction.
The Storming of the Bastille is an iconic event around the world, considered a signal for the beginning of the end for the abuses of nobility all over Europe, and a symbol of the triumph of the people over elitism and tyranny. In France, the anniversary of the event became a national holiday, known as Bastille Day in the Anglosphere. On the storming's centennial, the Bastille was formally converted into a museum, and there has been a reenactment of the storming there on every Bastille Day since 1952.
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I envisioned exactly that. Sirte quickly becomes a stronghold for the Tahlob movement, which remains prominent with the (quite accurate) perception that Gaddafi was deposed by the West and his children, such as Saif, yet to fully tint their reputations.
Furthermore I envisioned an 90s Algeria situation developing in Libya, with a serious power struggle between Islamists (like those in the LIFG) and the more secular NFSL. Benothman vs Haftar 30 years earlier (god save us all).
Masterpiece. Why was Gove only in it for two months?I have created a series of Alt-History Doctor Who boxes called For Want of a Grade.
Wouldn't Radcliffe have been 12 in 2001?I have created a series of Alt-History Doctor Who boxes called For Want of a Grade.
Logan was absolutely terrible and was sacked mid-season, replaced by the much more popular Jack Lowden.
Yep! They thought it would be an interesting idea to transfer the more action oriented parts to other characters for a time, as well as focus a bit more on other characters. Casting Radcliffe after Lyndhurst, who was considered the best Doctor since Tom Baker, was a massive risk, but it paid off. I have always been fascinated with the concept of the Doctor being played by a kid; it probably started when I was very young I used to think that each regeneration was younger than the last, with the incumbent being Smith, and the idea hasn't left me since. I've also been interested in the idea of degeneration, or returning to old faces a la the Curator in DOTD, as seen here with Matthew Beards two incarnations of the Master (Beard, who was 13 when he started playing the Master, was cast to play off Radcliffe's boy doctor, a bit like how Jacobi regenerates 'if the Doctor can be young and strong', except to a stronger degree), returning to the role at the age of 31.
I thought there might have been, I had five notifications when I first tried to log back in and when the site was back up properly it was down to three
So, this is my first wikibox, itself created by @The Young Explorer, as part of my extremely ASB Outlaws In Delaware Expanded Universe. It's not the best...but I tried.
John Lennon is politician who served as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1995-2007. There are several notable reasons Lennon entered Parliament. He survived an assasination attempt in 1972, then, in 1974, came his divorce with Yoko Ono and finally in 1978, The Beatles split up. Lennon briefly had a solo career before deciding, firmly to enter politics. He was first elected to Parliament in 1983, serving until 1995 upon becoming Prime Minister.
From 1983 to 1993, he served as an education minister in the government of John Major and proved a strong public speaker. This, alongside his appeal to the working class lead to a controversial gamble which saw him promoted to Education Secretary in 1985 and him playing a significant role in the campaign that led to Labour's narrow victory in 1986. While he was a left-winger in the party, he clashed with many older figures and 'elite' members within Labour in several notable ways, most prominently his pro-Europeanism and wanting a complete reform in many ways of Britain, all, in his mind, for the better.
Major, surprisingly to most was much more trusting in him than many other figures on the Labour left, and encouraged him to stay in the Cabinet, honing his political experience instead of running for the position of Prime Minister as soon as he possibly could, as he expressed a great desire for. A reshuffle by Major in 1986 saw him promoted to Foreign Secretary, and in this position gave the nation as well as international community an idea of how he would be as Prime Minister. He publicly and personally apologised for Britain's role in The First Falklands War(1960-1964), The Second Falklands War(1968-1970) and The Indian War(1971-1973.) Alongside this he issued public apologies to Ireland for historical issues between both nations. While somesaw this as stupid, the majority of Britain now anti-war became increasingly warm towards him. The opposition in Parliament slowly softener towards him.
In 1987, a protest erupted in Manchester. One side, led by Manchester's Mayor Adam Higgins and the public, opposed nuclear power plants being built within the city. Under public pressure to act, Major consulted Lennon. Lennon expressed views that after incidents in Chernobyl, Vietnam and Japan no nuclear facilities should be built anywhere near a city. While Major tried keeping this consultation secret, it somehow leaked. It was then, with everyone knowing Major was taking advice from Lennon, he, one day would become Prime Minister.
As the Major government became more unpopular in the late-1980s due to its controversial equality law reforms for The LGBT community as well as tax reforms hoping hoping avoid recessions similar to those in 1967, 1969 and 1973 it became evident Lennon was going to be Prime Minister as he steadily gave more and more advice.
At 55 years old, Lennon became Prime Minister. He immediately announced education reforms. These reforms would see all places of education regardless of their area see an increase in funding, larger facilities and all university fees would be lowered as well as be advised to accept those from poorer communities. This saw protest from 'Yuppies' wanting 'commoners' out of what they saw in somewhere belonging only to the elite. Alongside this, through 1990-1991, he would continue expanding education, reforming it, as well as introducing The 1991 Tax Reform Act. This act would see millionaires see a cap in regards to how much wealth could be accumulated before hefty taxes, nothing that would cripple them, would be implemented. Again, 'Yuppies' protested this, especially when these taxes would be invested in poorer areas, hoping to revive them. Surprisingly, Lennon's official apology extended to Ireland and his announcement Britian would largely be pacifist earnt him respect from the international community.
On the 92nd anniversary of Labour Party being founded, in 1992, Lennon held a press conference where he announced The Green Act Of 1992. This Act proved very, very controversial. An ambitious Act it was part of his larger 'Restore Britain' movement in which animal rights laws would become stricter and now more trees, grass and nature would be planted, hoping to bring back nature to bustling cities and towns. Biking would be encouraged alongside car-sharing while funding for scientists to find 'Green Transportation' Methods' started up, something which is ongoing even now. The remaining mines which hadn't been closed between 1966-1969 were to be closed by 1966 and replaced with nuclear power plants, parks, or housing estates. Initially, many protested this, however, they soon reasoned, with his previous acts, more work would be available and healthier, smarter people, living longer, benefits all, including 'Yuppies'.
Though these ambitious changes were popular with many, some, however, were enraged. Yorkshire MP Harrison Turner described him as a 'Commie Agent' in a widely public and controversial interview. Following this, Lennon's Education Secretary Norman Sparrow quit along with several others, promising to form their own party. It was not his year. Through 1996-1997, Labour lost Kingston Upon-Hull, most of Staffordshire and small parts of Lincolnshire. Many assumed that his time in office was over. Until a shock. In 1997, former miner, turned criminal during The 1977 Riots, Jack Heath, aged 25, threw a firework at No10. Though Lennon survived, already having an extensive criminal record, for trespassing and causing criminal damage, Heath, who's house was found to be full of weapons faced twenty years in prison. Questioning how someone could have gotten past security and be in possession of such a high amount of weapons, Lennon considered tightening police powers, but ultimately decided not to when suggestions in Parliament as well as discussions with his own advisers. Behind the scenes, he introduced a complete restructure of unions, giving them far more power than they had in recent years.
Though bouncing back, politically, he was deeply shook having survived yet another assasination attempt. In 1999, following The San Francisco, Seattle Attacks, NATO begun The Middle Eastern War to take down numerous Warlords. Britain called for neutrality and Lennon answered that call. Instead of sending soldiers, he sent a constant stream of relief aid as well peacekeepers. In 2005, although expected to run again and win, Lennon decided against it, shocking many. Controversially he stated "....Thirteen years, you know, any longer and I'll become like one of those far off Warlords." Upon leaving, Lennon would become a representative of the nation for The Middle East from 2008-2015. In 2025, aged 85, he passed away in his home, survived by four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Remembered for early climate change action, education reform, fighting for the poor, shaping Britain into a peaceful nation, controversy still lingers. This controversy is widely amongst higher class who view his tax reforms against them, restructuring unions as well as 'focusing on only the poor who won't do anything themselves' and his 'Restore Britain' movement as extremely immoral.Lennon is one of the only PM's to politely decline a peerage. However, amongst the poor, LGBT communities as well as younger generations he is seen as a hero. Many movies, documentaries have been made during and after his life, with the surviving Beatles members claiming they were often in touch with him. It is said, his successor David Miliband tried to 'catch lightning twice' in mimicking his predecessor.
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John Lennon is politician who served as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1995-2007. There are several notable reasons Lennon entered Parliament. He survived an assasination attempt in 1972, then, in 1974, came his divorce with Yoko Ono and finally in 1978, The Beatles split up. Lennon briefly had a solo career before deciding, firmly to enter politics. He was first elected to Parliament in 1983, serving until 1995 upon becoming Prime Minister.
From 1983 to 1993, he served as an education minister in the government of John Major and proved a strong public speaker. This, alongside his appeal to the working class lead to a controversial gamble which saw him promoted to Education Secretary in 1985 and him playing a significant role in the campaign that led to Labour's narrow victory in 1986. While he was a left-winger in the party, he clashed with many older figures and 'elite' members within Labour in several notable ways, most prominently his pro-Europeanism and wanting a complete reform in many ways of Britain, all, in his mind, for the better.
Major, surprisingly to most was much more trusting in him than many other figures on the Labour left, and encouraged him to stay in the Cabinet, honing his political experience instead of running for the position of Prime Minister as soon as he possibly could, as he expressed a great desire for. A reshuffle by Major in 1986 saw him promoted to Foreign Secretary, and in this position gave the nation as well as international community an idea of how he would be as Prime Minister. He publicly and personally apologised for Britain's role in The First Falklands War(1960-1964), The Second Falklands War(1968-1970) and The Indian War(1971-1973.) Alongside this he issued public apologies to Ireland for historical issues between both nations. While somesaw this as stupid, the majority of Britain now anti-war became increasingly warm towards him. The opposition in Parliament slowly softener towards him.
In 1987, a protest erupted in Manchester. One side, led by Manchester's Mayor Adam Higgins and the public, opposed nuclear power plants being built within the city. Under public pressure to act, Major consulted Lennon. Lennon expressed views that after incidents in Chernobyl, Vietnam and Japan no nuclear facilities should be built anywhere near a city. While Major tried keeping this consultation secret, it somehow leaked. It was then, with everyone knowing Major was taking advice from Lennon, he, one day would become Prime Minister.
As the Major government became more unpopular in the late-1980s due to its controversial equality law reforms for The LGBT community as well as tax reforms hoping hoping avoid recessions similar to those in 1967, 1969 and 1973 it became evident Lennon was going to be Prime Minister as he steadily gave more and more advice.
At 55 years old, Lennon became Prime Minister. He immediately announced education reforms. These reforms would see all places of education regardless of their area see an increase in funding, larger facilities and all university fees would be lowered as well as be advised to accept those from poorer communities. This saw protest from 'Yuppies' wanting 'commoners' out of what they saw in somewhere belonging only to the elite. Alongside this, through 1990-1991, he would continue expanding education, reforming it, as well as introducing The 1991 Tax Reform Act. This act would see millionaires see a cap in regards to how much wealth could be accumulated before hefty taxes, nothing that would cripple them, would be implemented. Again, 'Yuppies' protested this, especially when these taxes would be invested in poorer areas, hoping to revive them. Surprisingly, Lennon's official apology extended to Ireland and his announcement Britian would largely be pacifist earnt him respect from the international community.
On the 92nd anniversary of Labour Party being founded, in 1992, Lennon held a press conference where he announced The Green Act Of 1992. This Act proved very, very controversial. An ambitious Act it was part of his larger 'Restore Britain' movement in which animal rights laws would become stricter and now more trees, grass and nature would be planted, hoping to bring back nature to bustling cities and towns. Biking would be encouraged alongside car-sharing while funding for scientists to find 'Green Transportation' Methods' started up, something which is ongoing even now. The remaining mines which hadn't been closed between 1966-1969 were to be closed by 1966 and replaced with nuclear power plants, parks, or housing estates. Initially, many protested this, however, they soon reasoned, with his previous acts, more work would be available and healthier, smarter people, living longer, benefits all, including 'Yuppies'.
Though these ambitious changes were popular with many, some, however, were enraged. Yorkshire MP Harrison Turner described him as a 'Commie Agent' in a widely public and controversial interview. Following this, Lennon's Education Secretary Norman Sparrow quit along with several others, promising to form their own party. It was not his year. Through 1996-1997, Labour lost Kingston Upon-Hull, most of Staffordshire and small parts of Lincolnshire. Many assumed that his time in office was over. Until a shock. In 1997, former miner, turned criminal during The 1977 Riots, Jack Heath, aged 25, threw a firework at No10. Though Lennon survived, already having an extensive criminal record, for trespassing and causing criminal damage, Heath, who's house was found to be full of weapons faced twenty years in prison. Questioning how someone could have gotten past security and be in possession of such a high amount of weapons, Lennon considered tightening police powers, but ultimately decided not to when suggestions in Parliament as well as discussions with his own advisers. Behind the scenes, he introduced a complete restructure of unions, giving them far more power than they had in recent years.
Though bouncing back, politically, he was deeply shook having survived yet another assasination attempt. In 1999, following The San Francisco, Seattle Attacks, NATO begun The Middle Eastern War to take down numerous Warlords. Britain called for neutrality and Lennon answered that call. Instead of sending soldiers, he sent a constant stream of relief aid as well peacekeepers. In 2005, although expected to run again and win, Lennon decided against it, shocking many. Controversially he stated "....Thirteen years, you know, any longer and I'll become like one of those far off Warlords." Upon leaving, Lennon would become a representative of the nation for The Middle East from 2008-2015. In 2025, aged 85, he passed away in his home, survived by four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Remembered for early climate change action, education reform, fighting for the poor, shaping Britain into a peaceful nation, controversy still lingers. This controversy is widely amongst higher class who view his tax reforms against them, restructuring unions as well as 'focusing on only the poor who won't do anything themselves' and his 'Restore Britain' movement as extremely immoral.Lennon is one of the only PM's to politely decline a peerage. However, amongst the poor, LGBT communities as well as younger generations he is seen as a hero. Many movies, documentaries have been made during and after his life, with the surviving Beatles members claiming they were often in touch with him. It is said, his successor David Miliband tried to 'catch lightning twice' in mimicking his predecessor.
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This is the best bit of AH for me...the trivia and the errata! Really well done - love it.
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