I assume this meant the likes of Thorez and co most likely ended up purged in 1938. And with the CoF's upcoming Kaiserreich rework, what became of Jean Zyromski with how in said rework he'll be the CoF's starting leader? I assume he got purged by the Sorelians, but still, what he did pre-purge is still something that I'd like to know.
How did these countries develop their space programs? I get the others, but still, those five countries having space programs is a surprise to me.
And any details on the state of the Azanian Navy and Air Force, aside from "poor"?
What was the start of said war like and what was Azania's "high-water mark" in this timeline, especially when it came to their advances?
I assume the Irish government screwed up handling Ulster Unionism, badly, which is why the military took power?
-Zyromski is a very interesting and seminal figure, but he got purged by the Sorelians.
-Thanks to advances in technology, space travel is more affordable and it concerns countries capable of maintaining their own launch and satellites, not such as manned missions.
-They've got none.
-The conquest of Mozambique and the overtaking of OTL Zimbabwe, around 2015.
-It's the case. And it was messy.
Cool stuff. I’m happy for all of them here, Tong probably wouldn’t care about what his native China thinks of him with him having helped bring positive changes elsewhere in the world here, it’s a shame that Milk passed away from AIDS here, and I’m glad that LGBT rights are somewhat more advanced here than in our own timeline.
Some more people to ask about:
- Fred Hampton
- Kurt Cobain
- Angela Davis
- Yuri Kochiyama
- Robin Williams
-Fred Hampton had a fruitful career in the United States.
-Kurt is still alive.
-Angela Davis' ancestors emigrated to Liberia and she was President of the country.
-Still a progressive activist, but without the Japanese American internment, she's less noticeable.
-Robin Williams died of an overdose in the 1980s.
So does the other side have air supremacy then? I assume that would be the thing to strive for. Any air support form Germany or the UK? On nuclear, any intention to drop one on ex-Durban from outside? I don't believe there could be any retaliation unless another major power can come to their defense. What is the stance of Liberia or other neo-kemitist states? Any Tanks/artillery from places like China?
Seconded.
That is a huge part of it on open desert and plains. Must be hell to man it all the way,
Seems a bit unsustainable but understandable. Who would really want to deal with Azania's population afterwards (revolts, guerillas, etc.)? They should at least try to move to more easily defendable position.
You mean impossible for both sides?
How did they escape? Did they flee as soon as the civil war started? Anything from other traditional rulers of the region (like the Zulu King)?
Seconded.
-Nuclear weapons are taboo since the 1980s and using one would send shockwaves throughout the planet. Liberia are accepting of Azania but neutral, considering them too extremist, and China provides artillery.
Swaziland and Lesotho were invaded by South Africa in the 1960s and integrated as Bantustans so they had time to prepare their exile.
This is one of my favourite timelines in terms of its scope and the way the entire world has seemed to change.
I've pondered the state of one of my other major interests (professional wrestling) and I've come to the realisation that in this timeline, the pro wrestling scene in Japan is completely butterflied. With a Korea that was most recently colonised by Russia and not Japan, a certain sumo recruiter never goes to Korea and finds Kim Sin-Rak, a.k.a. Rikidozan, the man who made "puroresu" popular in Japan. So that's out of the window.
Would have to look deeper into the histories of the locations of other major OTL wrestling scenes and see what happens to them.
Thank you for the compliment. I'm not knowledgeable at all about professionnal wrestling, I should look into it.
Any celebrities who died earlier than OTL either due to accidents, sudden illness, or murder that would be interesting to talk about?
I can think of Robin Williams, but also Dennis Hopper. I like to play with butterflies so, for example, Bruce Lee died this August.
There is
this thread that could be used as a frame of reference.
Small question. Since the CWR used Esperanto as its official language, that has no doubt killed interest in it as an international language. My question is, has this had a knock-on effect of killing the idea of international language creation, or indeed conlanging in general? Or have people tried harder to create an international language to supplant Esperanto and "sanitise" the concept?
International languages are dead and considered anarchist rabble. It is one of the utopias that disappeared.
On Wallonia and Hungary, OTL Sixtus and Xavier of Bourbon Parma saw themselves as French enough to go against the Central Powers as soon as France declared war on Vienna (even if they were originally planning on enlisting in the Austrian Army to avenge Franz Ferdinand), enlisting on the Belgian Army since the French forbade them by law to fight in their army (absolute lol). What makes them stay with Austria all the way ITTL and never consider enlisting on the other side?
Assuming they try to enlist on France still and get rejected, Since there seems to be no Belgium in the early months, they would be out of the war (yay for them) but I seriously doubt that Sixtus would be accepted by the Germans as King of Wallonia if he puts a stunt like that. Xavier, maybe if Hungary wants to dunk on the Habsburgs but i would not expect a warm Germany in that case so they must stay Austrian which goes back to the original question.
Also, OTL Xavier became the carlist pretender (or regent) which i assume would not happen if he is ruling Hungary, so who carries the torch in that case?
Sixtus and Xavier were still rejected by the French, Belgium remained neutral and they enlisted, by pure duty towards their family, in the Austro-Hungarian army. They were accepted by Germany, being brother to the wife of the Austrian heir and not willing to advantage Bavaria or Wurttemberg by having Catholic monarchs, their Francophilia also helped. Xavier being a traditionalist, he was also more suitable to the Hungarians.
Archduke Karl Pius became the Carlist pretender instead (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Karl_Pius_of_Austria,_Prince_of_Tuscany). The Carlist line of succession is a total mess ITTL.
