What about a cross-over involving some sort of portal between Pax Atomica and LTES?
Scenario A: The portal connects to Pax Atomica's 2018
Scenario B: It connects to Pax Atomica on the eve of the Fall
Scenario C: It connects to 2276.
Let The Eagle Scream!
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Scenario A: The portal connects to Pax Atomica's 2018
Scenario B: It connects to Pax Atomica on the eve of the Fall
Scenario C: It connects to 2276.
I would love to see how California and the GFC views LTES!America.
They'd probably be like "Damn! Why couldn't our America be that."
Seems reasonable,im wondering how they would view our America.
It seems like ITTL's America is an Unscrupulous Hero to Pax-Atomica's America's Knight Templar.
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I would say America ITTL is a Good is Not Nice kinda place. They do things that rub people the wrong way, but they genuinely mean well and have good moral values.
Wonder how Let the Eagle Scream and Pax Atomica's America's would react to each other.
Chapter 17: The Irish War for Independence and the Irish-American League
Chapter 17: The Irish War for Independence and the Irish-American League
In the immediate aftermath of the Great War, the people of Ireland once again rose up in rebellion. The hope was that a Britain exhausted by the War would rather let the Emerald Isle leave peacefully than possibly fight another grueling campaign of counter insurgency. Unfortunately for the Irish, the British government had made a firm commitment to "not take a single step backwards." Furthermore, the Irish and their "stab in the back" was increasingly being used by the British government as a scapegoat for British defeat in the Great War. The resulting conflict would be a three year long slog of religious and ethnic warfare between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant Ulster-Scots and British government...
Throughout the rest of 1917 and most of 1918, the Emerald Isle was in an unofficial, low level guerrilla war. The Irish Republican Army detonated several makeshift bombs at British government buildings. As unrest increased throughout 1918, London decided to put the hammer down. On November 12th, the British government announced that the December General Election was to be "suspended indefinitely in the face of continued subversion and unrest." The Irish population exploded in anger. The Irish knew that the election had only been canceled out of fear that the Sinn Fein Party would gain ground and declare independence. Dublin, Cork, and Munster saw massive riots erupt within hours of the election's cancellation. In the countryside, IRA membership exploded, as Irish farmers decided to wage a much more intense guerrilla campaign against the British. The IRA and rioters made a special point of targeting the Royal Irish Constabulary, harassing and murdering members of the unit. As their morale crumbled, the British decided to form a "special reserve" to bolster their forces in Ireland. They would crush the rabble rousing Irishmen, no matter what....
The Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve, known as the Black and Tans, was predominantly made up of British Army veterans and Ulster Protestants. They quickly earned a reputation for unrelenting brutality. When members of their units were killed by Republican forces, the Black and Tans would go into a village and murder civilians in retaliation. There were also reports of widespread looting, vandalism, robbery, harassment, and other inappropriate conduct towards civilians. As news of war crimes reached the wider world, many nations were outraged. However, none were so angry as the Americans.....
When news of British atrocities in Ireland reached the United States, the population, especially the Irish-American segment, reacted with barely contained rage. In the streets of New York and other cities heavily settled by Irish immigrants, mobs gathered to burn Union Jacks and chant anti-British slogans. Many were openly calling for war against Britain, even though the US had just ended a war with the nation. President Roosevelt openly declared, "So long as I am President of this Union, I shall not lead more American boys to die in some foreign field." However, he did nothing to stop the rise of the Irish-American League, who openly stated that their aim was to "aid the cause of Irish independence, with material and men." Another filibuster style incident was coming...
Starting in June of 1919, heavily armed Americans began showing up in Ireland and fighting the Black and Tans. At first the British government was bewildered as to where the heavily armed, well trained Republicans were coming from. Then, after an American volunteer broke under torture, the secret was out. The Irish-American League was equipping Irish-American WWI veterans and sending them to fight for the cause of Irish independence. The British government and people were outraged. When Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill demanded the Americans prosecute the Irish filibusters, Roosevelt openly refused claiming, "No American government has the authority to restrict the freedom of travel f honest, hardworking citizens." In reality, he secretly sympathized with the Irish fight, and knew the British were completely impotent in regards to American security. In England, the press began screaming about the "malignant conspiracy of traitorous Irishmen and mongrelized Yankee bastards." Despite all of their kicking and screaming, as American men and weapons flooded Ireland, the British recognized that the end was near...
On July 12th, 1920, the British partitioned Ireland. The United Kingdom would keep the predominantly Protestant north, while the Catholic south was to become the Republic of Ireland. In England and Scotland, riots broke out as nationalists demanded the "annihilation of the damnable Paddies." As the years went on, this sentiment would become frighteningly prevalent...
Meanwhile in Ireland, the people were celebrating wildly, and thanking their American patrons. July 4th was declared Irish American Friendship Day, and was a national holiday. In America, massive parties broke out to celebrate the independence of their "Irish brothers in liberty." The success of the Irish-American League would inspire further filibustering and imperial adventurism throughout the 1920's....
The flag of the Republic of Ireland
A photograph of the Black and Tans assaulting an Irishwoman
A postcard demonstrating American support for Irish independence
In the immediate aftermath of the Great War, the people of Ireland once again rose up in rebellion. The hope was that a Britain exhausted by the War would rather let the Emerald Isle leave peacefully than possibly fight another grueling campaign of counter insurgency. Unfortunately for the Irish, the British government had made a firm commitment to "not take a single step backwards." Furthermore, the Irish and their "stab in the back" was increasingly being used by the British government as a scapegoat for British defeat in the Great War. The resulting conflict would be a three year long slog of religious and ethnic warfare between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant Ulster-Scots and British government...
Throughout the rest of 1917 and most of 1918, the Emerald Isle was in an unofficial, low level guerrilla war. The Irish Republican Army detonated several makeshift bombs at British government buildings. As unrest increased throughout 1918, London decided to put the hammer down. On November 12th, the British government announced that the December General Election was to be "suspended indefinitely in the face of continued subversion and unrest." The Irish population exploded in anger. The Irish knew that the election had only been canceled out of fear that the Sinn Fein Party would gain ground and declare independence. Dublin, Cork, and Munster saw massive riots erupt within hours of the election's cancellation. In the countryside, IRA membership exploded, as Irish farmers decided to wage a much more intense guerrilla campaign against the British. The IRA and rioters made a special point of targeting the Royal Irish Constabulary, harassing and murdering members of the unit. As their morale crumbled, the British decided to form a "special reserve" to bolster their forces in Ireland. They would crush the rabble rousing Irishmen, no matter what....
The Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve, known as the Black and Tans, was predominantly made up of British Army veterans and Ulster Protestants. They quickly earned a reputation for unrelenting brutality. When members of their units were killed by Republican forces, the Black and Tans would go into a village and murder civilians in retaliation. There were also reports of widespread looting, vandalism, robbery, harassment, and other inappropriate conduct towards civilians. As news of war crimes reached the wider world, many nations were outraged. However, none were so angry as the Americans.....
When news of British atrocities in Ireland reached the United States, the population, especially the Irish-American segment, reacted with barely contained rage. In the streets of New York and other cities heavily settled by Irish immigrants, mobs gathered to burn Union Jacks and chant anti-British slogans. Many were openly calling for war against Britain, even though the US had just ended a war with the nation. President Roosevelt openly declared, "So long as I am President of this Union, I shall not lead more American boys to die in some foreign field." However, he did nothing to stop the rise of the Irish-American League, who openly stated that their aim was to "aid the cause of Irish independence, with material and men." Another filibuster style incident was coming...
Starting in June of 1919, heavily armed Americans began showing up in Ireland and fighting the Black and Tans. At first the British government was bewildered as to where the heavily armed, well trained Republicans were coming from. Then, after an American volunteer broke under torture, the secret was out. The Irish-American League was equipping Irish-American WWI veterans and sending them to fight for the cause of Irish independence. The British government and people were outraged. When Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill demanded the Americans prosecute the Irish filibusters, Roosevelt openly refused claiming, "No American government has the authority to restrict the freedom of travel f honest, hardworking citizens." In reality, he secretly sympathized with the Irish fight, and knew the British were completely impotent in regards to American security. In England, the press began screaming about the "malignant conspiracy of traitorous Irishmen and mongrelized Yankee bastards." Despite all of their kicking and screaming, as American men and weapons flooded Ireland, the British recognized that the end was near...
On July 12th, 1920, the British partitioned Ireland. The United Kingdom would keep the predominantly Protestant north, while the Catholic south was to become the Republic of Ireland. In England and Scotland, riots broke out as nationalists demanded the "annihilation of the damnable Paddies." As the years went on, this sentiment would become frighteningly prevalent...
Meanwhile in Ireland, the people were celebrating wildly, and thanking their American patrons. July 4th was declared Irish American Friendship Day, and was a national holiday. In America, massive parties broke out to celebrate the independence of their "Irish brothers in liberty." The success of the Irish-American League would inspire further filibustering and imperial adventurism throughout the 1920's....
The flag of the Republic of Ireland
A photograph of the Black and Tans assaulting an Irishwoman
A postcard demonstrating American support for Irish independence
Definitely. I might have to write a short something like that for TTL.
AeroTheZealousOne
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Beautiful. Hooray for Ireland! They had to fight a grueling war of independence with U.S. help, but it means they have none of this "home rule" nonsense and are free! $50,000 says that they'll have to do it again, though. But in the meantime...
TTL's Ireland said:
Ignoring the fact that Ireland's never wanted to be part of your country for some time, huh?
I'm wondering if we'll see any alternate tech development ITTL, the potential is there. Maybe have Gunther Burstyn's tank being adopted early into world war 1 or having American troops being equipped with the Bashford Dean Armor, after the war.
http://landships.activeboard.com/t3751147/burstyn-tank-first-functional-designed-tank-ever/
http://landships.activeboard.com/t3751147/burstyn-tank-first-functional-designed-tank-ever/
As I think was indicated by the English newspapers talking about conspiracies and the nationalists wanting to "annihilate the Paddies," they're being rather.... irrational
If their is enough Irishmen left for a republic after the war....