hallo all! as some of you may remember last june/july i attempted a TL that revolved around the Battle of Gettysburg. unfortunately due to extenuating circumstances that TL died.
although it may someday be resurrected, ive decided to do a different sort of TL. but before i start writing it out i want to run some things by the board here first, just to kinda bounce these ideas around. what follows is a short list of points ive compelled over the last few weeks during ramblings with my friend...
1) An early American Civil War: basically the south would secede between 1858 and 1860 and instead of one long war there would be a series of short wars with one or two very large battles.
2) Extended Austro-Prussian War: essentially id like to have some animosity going on between the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns. especially with a well formed NGC trying to form a Gross-Dutches Reich by beating Austria-Hungry. for this id have to either change Bismark's thinking or remove him completely from the picture.
3) An United Scandinavia and a Dis-united Italy: instead of italy uniting it stays apart with the Two Sicilies and Sardine Piedmont being the two large contenders there. as for the united Scandinavia, i predict a 2nd Great Northern War between a union lead by Denmark and Sweden and Russia. these are two areas in history were i need the most help, so anything links or book suggestions are welcome.
4) The U.K. is slightly isolationist: they pretty much keep to their Empire. they do moderate a C.S.-U.S. Peace Treaty in which Missouri is split and Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma become a sort of DMZ were anyone can settle. the reason they are split is explained in number 5. also France begins to act independently with Napoleon III making big-boy decisions by himself. along with this, France would try to invade Mexico per OTL, however they'd mess it up and have to go back later with some help...
5) A Russian Victory in the Crimea War: this one is sorta out there but since i have a large box of butterflies, i want to make it work. this would cause lasting Russo-Anglo tension and it would also set Russia up to get an Indian Ocean harbor....somewhere....
so again any help, suggestions, criticizes, complaints, or comments are absolutely welcome(read: NEEDED). I'm trying to steer away from cliches or ASB but with some of the things that have happened in our history i think there's an allowance of sorts for things like that.
although it may someday be resurrected, ive decided to do a different sort of TL. but before i start writing it out i want to run some things by the board here first, just to kinda bounce these ideas around. what follows is a short list of points ive compelled over the last few weeks during ramblings with my friend...
1) An early American Civil War: basically the south would secede between 1858 and 1860 and instead of one long war there would be a series of short wars with one or two very large battles.
2) Extended Austro-Prussian War: essentially id like to have some animosity going on between the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns. especially with a well formed NGC trying to form a Gross-Dutches Reich by beating Austria-Hungry. for this id have to either change Bismark's thinking or remove him completely from the picture.
3) An United Scandinavia and a Dis-united Italy: instead of italy uniting it stays apart with the Two Sicilies and Sardine Piedmont being the two large contenders there. as for the united Scandinavia, i predict a 2nd Great Northern War between a union lead by Denmark and Sweden and Russia. these are two areas in history were i need the most help, so anything links or book suggestions are welcome.
4) The U.K. is slightly isolationist: they pretty much keep to their Empire. they do moderate a C.S.-U.S. Peace Treaty in which Missouri is split and Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma become a sort of DMZ were anyone can settle. the reason they are split is explained in number 5. also France begins to act independently with Napoleon III making big-boy decisions by himself. along with this, France would try to invade Mexico per OTL, however they'd mess it up and have to go back later with some help...
5) A Russian Victory in the Crimea War: this one is sorta out there but since i have a large box of butterflies, i want to make it work. this would cause lasting Russo-Anglo tension and it would also set Russia up to get an Indian Ocean harbor....somewhere....
so again any help, suggestions, criticizes, complaints, or comments are absolutely welcome(read: NEEDED). I'm trying to steer away from cliches or ASB but with some of the things that have happened in our history i think there's an allowance of sorts for things like that.