Dad's Army wouldn't work in KR.
Another point- the KR U.S. doesn't seem overly attached to the British despite their historical special relationship, nor overly antagonistic to the Germans despite being shut out of trade there. At least, we don't hear in the lore about American volunteers going over to fight the syndicalist revolt to stick up for their cousins, though that probably did happen in the background.
So here's a concept- what if the notorious JPK takes power in New England? He was so Anglophobic that he notoriously entreated with Hitler, or attempted to. He wouldn't make war with the British or the Canadians by any chance, but he'd push for close relations with Nazi Germany first. The CSA, alarmed, beeline towards Boston. But then U-Boats are invited into New York...
Joe Kennedy leading an anti-British but still overall moderate New England is a brilliant idea now that you mention it. Would definitely make things interesting in North America aside from the Civil War. Canada could even try to do an invasion/coup, which could lead to some wacky results.Idea that I came up in the context of an ISOT:
Is there any basis to the special relationship being much less special in KR? It really seemed like when the syndicalists took over there wasn't like an outpouring of support for the royalists or anything. You really don't hear about Spanish Civil War-style anti-syndie volunteers coming from the U.S. to fight, though also the British Revolution was far less crazy and more immediately successful than the SCW. (I also can't even think of a historical Anglophiliac American figure that a volunteer force could name themselves after Abraham Lincoln Brigade style- maybe Alexander Hamilton Battalion?) I would assume that without U.S. entry into the Great War, the special relationship never got an upgrade without Americans and British fighting side-by-side. It seems like the KR U.S. was pretty apathetic towards the Brits and their plight, and probably viewed the militarization of Canada thanks to the exiles setting shop up there with wariness.
Also, what of my idea of renowned Anglophobe Joe Kennedy somehow becoming president of New England and instead steering that breakaway country's destiny towards the Reichspakt to avoid being absorbed by the Canadians.
Maybe he's just being transfered to another country, maybe to UkraineI'm still kind of frustrated that Makhno is apparently being removed?
Eh, was also a bit of a proto-fascist as leader of the Croix de Feu so wouldn’t quite call him a Longist figure..He OTL was the french incarnation of 1930s populism, their Huey Long
I think the devs said they're keeping him as a general for France, just not as a political leader.Maybe he's just being transfered to another country, maybe to Ukraine
My knowledge about him is scant, basically I saw the French KR community claiming he was their Huey Long, and so I went into croix de feu Wikipedia page where it is said that he was not a fascist, so...Eh, was also a bit of a proto-fascist as leader of the Croix de Feu so wouldn’t quite call him a Longist figure..
From what I read he advocated a strong presidential office voted by universal suffrage, a lot of his policies were picked by de Gaulle after the liberation. He wasn't a fascist he even was a resistant during the war.Ladies and gentlemen,
Krauts and baguettes!
The world set free released their Francois de La Rocque tree! He's a right wing populist and rules as a pataut until the liberation of the commune, then democratises a bit (not enought)
He OTL was the french incarnation of 1930s populism, their Huey Long, and got killed by the Vichy government
The point is more that prior to becoming a more moderate mainstream politician with his Parti Social Français (due to the Croix-de-Feu being dissolved forcibly by the state), de La Rocque was something of an ardent nationalist who supported a corporate state in which labor and capital of France united into a mythical body of sorts for the rejuvenation of the France and also led a league/paramilitary that allied itself with the extreme right. Fairly strong reasons for classifying his movement as proto-fascist just like Sorel and the Sorelians of KRTL - him dying fighting against the Vichy regime doesn't necessarily contradict this considering he was fighting against a German imposed regime and collaboration would be antithetical to his French nationalism.He wasn't a fascist he even was a resistant during the war.
According to this he seems just like a right wing populist, you have corporatism being used on non fascist ideologies, one example is the british concept of "one nation conservatism"The point is more that prior to becoming a more moderate mainstream politician with his Parti Social Français (due to the Croix-de-Feu being dissolved forcibly by the state), de La Rocque was something of an ardent nationalist who supported a corporate state in which labor and capital of France united into a mythical body of sorts for the rejuvenation of the France and also led a league/paramilitary that allied itself with the extreme right. Fairly strong reasons for classifying his movement as proto-fascist just like Sorel and the Sorelians of KRTL - him dying fighting against the Vichy regime doesn't necessarily contradict this considering he was fighting against a German imposed regime and collaboration would be antithetical to his French nationalism.
Another example is the Australian Labor Party’s Prices and Incomes Accord of the Hawke-Keating period.According to this he seems just like a right wing populist, you have corporatism being used on non fascist ideologies, one example is the british concept of "one nation conservatism"
Well, wikipedia saysAnother example is the Australian Labor Party’s Prices and Incomes Accord of the Hawke-Keating period.
Still, when you see corporatism alongside palingenetic nationalism and strident anti-communism, it usually means one thing.