Full Circle of France

Mid 20th Century

"... три ... два ... один"

Then came the blast, the screams, the panic. What has his this world become, it war defining us? A grand capital in the most powerful continent ever known is smoldering. The river is red with blood.
 
Regarding any Fraco-Italian alliance, well there is the problem of Tunisia.
In OTL at the time Tunisa was under a strong italian influence and was considered a de facto protectorate; when France occupied it and basically eliminated italian political and ecomomical influence and privilege, people was not very amused (not counting the economic damage).
A prerequisite for any alliance (expecially after a so brief time) it will be compensation for the damage and protection for the sizeble italian community in Tunisia, said that with no commercial war between Italy and France, the Italian Kingdom will not see all the improvement done in the past 20 years evaporate...and frankly with Spain now in the France economic orbit the Latin Monetary Union can even work.
 
Regarding any Fraco-Italian alliance, well there is the problem of Tunisia.
In OTL at the time Tunisa was under a strong italian influence and was considered a de facto protectorate; when France occupied it and basically eliminated italian political and ecomomical influence and privilege, people was not very amused (not counting the economic damage).
A prerequisite for any alliance (expecially after a so brief time) it will be compensation for the damage and protection for the sizeble italian community in Tunisia, said that with no commercial war between Italy and France, the Italian Kingdom will not see all the improvement done in the past 20 years evaporate...and frankly with Spain now in the France economic orbit the Latin Monetary Union can even work.

you have a good point about Tunisia, I'm going to edit my previous update, that is something a little too big to skip over.
 
We still have a couple decades before war... I may be ending this TL... this is my first one, and I don't think its written well. Too many problems... ect... I would start a new one. TBD if I will continue. I may bump it once or twice.
 
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We still have a couple decades before war... I may be ending this TL... this is my first one, and I don't think its written well. Too many problems... ect... I would start a new one. TBD if I will continue. I may bump it once or twice.

:eek:What?! Please don't stop. I'm really anxious to see what's going to happen down the line. _Especially_ with those two teasers about the Luxembourg of the South and a burning capitol. This is a good TL, and it'd be a shame to see it die in infancy.
 
We still have a couple decades before war... I may be ending this TL... this is my first one, and I don't think its written well. Too many problems... ect... I would start a new one. TBD if I will continue. I may bump it once or twice.
Do as you wish but my main problem with it is that in the third republic the president was a figurehead with very limited power. The head of the government is the president of the council of ministers is the one who has the most power and even then goverment were very short lived. The majority could change over a good speech and that's not even an exageration. And why would France antagonise Britain while Germany is breathing down their neck? That's counter-productive if you want France to recover Alsace-Lorraine.
 
the president of France in this TL holds very little nominal power, however Bernard set a precedent of large executive interaction with the legislative branch, often including debating along side them, although this was technically illegal, it had been ignored since the very early days of Bernard's presidency. As for your latter point, you will have to see what will happen, everything so far is intentional.
 
Please don't stop, the TL is great thus far - stopping the decline of France as a great power is a great area to cover.

About the only curious factoid thus far is why France didn't offer Italy a condominium with Italy over Tunisia, like they enjoyed with Britain over Sudan. It would solve both issues, giving France the markets it needed while giving Italy more land to settle.

Is there greater French support for Pan-Scandinavianism ITTL?
 
I will continue this timeline :D. I was just depressed with the few amount of posts :p. But apparently a lot more people than I thought read this. Scandinavia will be a hot mess in this TL. Don't expect an explanation in what way :p
 
After finally having time to read it, this is a great timeline!
Now I feel like touching upon my own French timeline to rewrite it piece by piece rather than in a huge block...
 
I must admit I have started having problems motivating myself to work on this TL. The problem is there are some quite unrealistic things I have already done. Also by 1871 it a little late for France to recover. Thus I have decided to end this TL. However I will be incorporating several elements from this TL to my new one. Thanks for the support guys - I am very proud of my first TL, even if it died prematurely. For those who are curious about how this TL would of ended... it would have been a stretch. I highly recomend that everybody who liked this TL to subscribe to my new TL "The Fair Treatment"
 
I must admit I have started having problems motivating myself to work on this TL. The problem is there are some quite unrealistic things I have already done. Also by 1871 it a little late for France to recover. Thus I have decided to end this TL. However I will be incorporating several elements from this TL to my new one. Thanks for the support guys - I am very proud of my first TL, even if it died prematurely. For those who are curious about how this TL would of ended... it would have been a stretch. I highly recomend that everybody who liked this TL to subscribe to my new TL "The Fair Treatment"
I like a good french timeline being francophone so if you need advice for name in french you can ask me in pm.
 
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