I've made one once, and I had just found this:
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Nice! I’ll check it out then.I've made one once, and I had just found this:
Wikipedia Military Box Editor
Create your own Wikipedia Battle Box with a wide range of customizable options.
CoolI've made one once, and I had just found this:
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Create your own Wikipedia Battle Box with a wide range of customizable options.
The Italian Workers song Bella Ciao, originally a farmers song , it was adopted by the various Red/black workers unions who fought the brief rise of the Italian Fascist Party in the twenties. After the defeat of the fascists, at the polls and in street fighting, this song was exported to those fighting reaction world wild. Blacks in the south, Arabs and other minorities in the Ottoman empire , the various victims of the Russian Tsar, the IRA and anti Mosleyite Britain's. They all had their own words to the same melody
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John F. Kennedy (1917-1989) - Senator from 1953 to 1989, President pro tempore of the United States Senate from January 1989 to August 1989 (D-MA)
He was a longtime Senator from Massachusetts who briefly served as Senate President pro tempore until his death. In his time, progressives in the Democratic Party were called "Kennedy Democrats."
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Confederate business man Oscar Ries. Born to Jewish parents who immigrated from Bohemia, Oscar would found several businesses in his life, some failures but his greatest business success was during SGW. He owned an arms factory in Nashville and employed almost 1200 black workers, saving them from death. Children, the elderly , crippled, and the unskilled , made no matter , they were all valuable employees in his factory. When Freedom Party Guards investigated reports of faulty shells being produced at the factory, Ries got them so drunk they forgot why they were there. He fled Nashville but was captured outside of Murfreesboro by advancing Union forces and put on trial for war crimes. He was prepared to face whatever justice was given out because of what he learned about the Population Reduction, however many of his workers ( some who taught to read and write) , all signed letters testifying to what he had done for them and the fact he instructed them to produce faulty shells. He ended up aquitted and lived his life on obscurity. Confederates viewed him as a traitor , blacks as a savior, and according to the judge at his trial
" I didn't believe it when I heard about it. This man is a model American, damn a Model Human being. There will be generations of people for what he did"
( Come up with some famous people who were/whose families were saved by him for extra credit)
" I didn't believe it when I heard about it. This man is a model American, damn a Model Human being. There will be generations of people for what he did"
( Come up with some famous people who were/whose families were saved by him for extra credit)
I Know Germany might been first in a Space Program then what happen to the people in United States been involved on Mercury Seven Gemini and Apollo Program been still served in US Military than become Astronauts while the Germans had an Equivalent on those American Astronauts in TL-191.
Depends on if either of them are even interested in developing a space program.
The mod is released, just not the 0.2 update, which includes Britain.
Viva la Muerte - The Spanish Civil War: 1936-1939
^^^ ——— Socialist militia take up arms in the streets of Madrid following the failed Nationalist coup against the Alfonsist regime, July 1936. The first days of the civil war, especially in the Spanish capita of Madrid, were marked by chaos, confusion, paranoia, and bloodshed. Loyalties within the army garrisons in the city were split between staying loyal to King Alfonso XIII or siding with the nationalist rebels. As skirmishes broke out within the city between these factions, Socialist militias armed themselves and raided military barracks, killing Alfonsists and Nationalists alike.
^^^——— Moroccan Regulares taking aim at Alfonsist positions outside of Seville, May 1937. The veteran Army of Africa formed the core of the Nationalist fighting force, and the Regulares were some of its most elite and feared units. Composed of indigenous Moroccan soldiers and commanded by Spanish officers, they were often used as shock troops to breakthrough heavily entrenched positions. Many sided with the Nationalists to oppose King Alfonso XIII, known to the Spaniards as “El Africano”. The King had led Spain into a costly war in Morocco to win a new empire in Africa, leaving many Moroccans to resent the Spanish king.
^^^ ——— Carlist Requetes (Red Berets) kneel in prayer before going into battle to defend Burgos against the Nationalists, April 1938. Described by some observers as “The Jacobites of Spain”, the Carlists were an extremely conservative, fervently Catholic, and intensely traditionalist faction that supported putting the descendants of Don Carlos on the throne of Spain. They were a potent force in Spanish politics for a century, with three wars waged against the Spanish Alfonsist line of kings since the 1830s. Their motto was “Dios, Patria, Fueros, Rey”, and their fanaticism in battle was likened to crusaders. Although initially aligned to the Nationalist cause due to similar ideology, relations completely deteriorated in 1938 over political disagreements and ideological friction between soldiers.
^^^——— Socialist militia take up defensive positions outside Barcelona, August 1937. Out of all the factions in the Spanish Civil War, the disparate militia groups that fought under the “red banner” were among some of the most diverse. Women were more readily accepted as combatants and ideologically passionate men and women from around the world filled their ranks for a chance to make Spain the first Socialist republic in the world. Within its ranks were Confederate and Yankee socialists, both black and white, united under a red banner. The unpopularity of Alfonsists and the fear of Falangist persecution compelled many to take up arms against both factions. However, without support from any major world power, the socialist cause in Spain slowly died.
^^^ ——— Socialist militia take up arms in the streets of Madrid following the failed Nationalist coup against the Alfonsist regime, July 1936. The first days of the civil war, especially in the Spanish capita of Madrid, were marked by chaos, confusion, paranoia, and bloodshed. Loyalties within the army garrisons in the city were split between staying loyal to King Alfonso XIII or siding with the nationalist rebels. As skirmishes broke out within the city between these factions, Socialist militias armed themselves and raided military barracks, killing Alfonsists and Nationalists alike.
^^^——— Moroccan Regulares taking aim at Alfonsist positions outside of Seville, May 1937. The veteran Army of Africa formed the core of the Nationalist fighting force, and the Regulares were some of its most elite and feared units. Composed of indigenous Moroccan soldiers and commanded by Spanish officers, they were often used as shock troops to breakthrough heavily entrenched positions. Many sided with the Nationalists to oppose King Alfonso XIII, known to the Spaniards as “El Africano”. The King had led Spain into a costly war in Morocco to win a new empire in Africa, leaving many Moroccans to resent the Spanish king.
^^^ ——— Carlist Requetes (Red Berets) kneel in prayer before going into battle to defend Burgos against the Nationalists, April 1938. Described by some observers as “The Jacobites of Spain”, the Carlists were an extremely conservative, fervently Catholic, and intensely traditionalist faction that supported putting the descendants of Don Carlos on the throne of Spain. They were a potent force in Spanish politics for a century, with three wars waged against the Spanish Alfonsist line of kings since the 1830s. Their motto was “Dios, Patria, Fueros, Rey”, and their fanaticism in battle was likened to crusaders. Although initially aligned to the Nationalist cause due to similar ideology, relations completely deteriorated in 1938 over political disagreements and ideological friction between soldiers.
^^^——— Socialist militia take up defensive positions outside Barcelona, August 1937. Out of all the factions in the Spanish Civil War, the disparate militia groups that fought under the “red banner” were among some of the most diverse. Women were more readily accepted as combatants and ideologically passionate men and women from around the world filled their ranks for a chance to make Spain the first Socialist republic in the world. Within its ranks were Confederate and Yankee socialists, both black and white, united under a red banner. The unpopularity of Alfonsists and the fear of Falangist persecution compelled many to take up arms against both factions. However, without support from any major world power, the socialist cause in Spain slowly died.
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Great job on this one. This adds on a new perspective as there's a third player fighting in TTL's Spanish Civil War where the hardcore socialists and left-anarchists are their own faction rather than having to fight alongside with constitutional monarchists as the book would make it out to suggest. The lot of OTL's left-leaning Republicans would be fighting as part of the Monarchists ITTL and that would distance the two more than IOTL's problems with the loose coalition.
A famous photo taken during the Second Russian Civil War (1947-1950). The Civil War would see the fall of the Tsarist regime outside of the holdout of Alaska and the rise of the Russian Soviet Republic.
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The big reason I added the socialists to this is that the Alfonso XIII would not be popular with the common people of Spain, nor would his government. Like, only to a few interested groups would benefit from him being in power. He would not be popular with those looking to reform and change things due to the dire straits the country finds itself in. He reflects the old order in Spain, and many Spaniards would want him and his government gone. Moreover, if there is war between nationalists and monarchists in the first place, then that says to me that the right-wing factions in Spain have very different goals in mind that could never be reconciled, and that perhaps certain leaders or events happened differently. Without a unifying, centralizing force these factions have no reason to cooperate with each other.
Adding the socialists back into the equation might give them a more common enemy to fight, but I don't see this as the case in this timeline. Its a tough call, but I just don't see a vast majority of Spaniards flocking to a Falangist banner, especially one that is potentially anti-clerical( yet still pro-catholic), and anti-oligarchical. Neither did I see many Spaniards flocking to defend the status quo of a kingdom they see as inept and decaying. Socialism as an ideology and movement is not completely stamped out in TL-191. If anything, Spain is still an ideal place for it to thrive. It may have failed in many countries, but this is era were turmoil and political change still makes such an ideology viable.
The fourth faction I mentioned is the Carlists. While I have them as being "allies" of sorts to the Nationalists, I should note that that alliance is very, very, very shaky. They would only be united in the goal of killing Alfonsists. While on the surface they may share a common ideology, they differ vastly in critical ways. Ultimately, when you look into it, Falangists, Carlists, Alfonsists, and Socialists would all come to blows. Just because they're both vaguely right-wing doesn't make them natural allies. In fact you could say this version of the Spanish civil war as Turtledove has it is a clash of competing, incompatible right-wing ideologies. The way I see it, the Falangists want to change things, but are not marxist, and want to change Spain into fascist state essentially (one without a king that has led their country to ruin). The Alfonsists don't want to change anything and want to remain in power. This effectively splits the loyalties of the armed forces. The Carlists want to install a new king that is more receptive to their extremely traditionalist views on Spain, shunning liberalism, democracy, socialism, ultranationalism, etc. The Socialists want to change things under marxist principles and want the monarchists and nationalists out, creating a socialist republic.
And this is not even including the anarchists and separatists in Catalonia and Basque.
Thank you. Its not perfect, and I might redo it, but I did my best. The Spanish Civil War is a mess of a war with many factions. I'd go even farther as to say that there are actually four factions fighting in this war, rather than the two Turtledove suggests. When you dissect a little bit more, you realize that this conflict is a lot more complicated in terms of who allied with who and why. I just did my best to try and piece together what I thought was logical.
The big reason I added the socialists to this is that the Alfonso XIII would not be popular with the common people of Spain, nor would his government. Like, only to a few interested groups would benefit from him being in power. He would not be popular with those looking to reform and change things due to the dire straits the country finds itself in. He reflects the old order in Spain, and many Spaniards would want him and his government gone. Moreover, if there is war between nationalists and monarchists in the first place, then that says to me that the right-wing factions in Spain have very different goals in mind that could never be reconciled, and that perhaps certain leaders or events happened differently. Without a unifying, centralizing force these factions have no reason to cooperate with each other.
Adding the socialists back into the equation might give them a more common enemy to fight, but I don't see this as the case in this timeline. Its a tough call, but I just don't see a vast majority of Spaniards flocking to a Falangist banner, especially one that is potentially anti-clerical( yet still pro-catholic), and anti-oligarchical. Neither did I see many Spaniards flocking to defend the status quo of a kingdom they see as inept and decaying. Socialism as an ideology and movement is not completely stamped out in TL-191. If anything, Spain is still an ideal place for it to thrive. It may have failed in many countries, but this is era were turmoil and political change still makes such an ideology viable.
The fourth faction I mentioned is the Carlists. While I have them as being "allies" of sorts to the Nationalists, I should note that that alliance is very, very, very shaky. They would only be united in the goal of killing Alfonsists. While on the surface they may share a common ideology, they differ vastly in critical ways. Ultimately, when you look into it, Falangists, Carlists, Alfonsists, and Socialists would all come to blows. Just because they're both vaguely right-wing doesn't make them natural allies. In fact you could say this version of the Spanish civil war as Turtledove has it is a clash of competing, incompatible right-wing ideologies. The way I see it, the Falangists want to change things, but are not marxist, and want to change Spain into fascist state essentially (one without a king that has led their country to ruin). The Alfonsists don't want to change anything and want to remain in power. This effectively splits the loyalties of the armed forces. The Carlists want to install a new king that is more receptive to their extremely traditionalist views on Spain, shunning liberalism, democracy, socialism, ultranationalism, etc. The Socialists want to change things under marxist principles and want the monarchists and nationalists out, creating a socialist republic.
And this is not even including the anarchists and separatists in Catalonia and Basque.
Flags and Symbols of the Factions of the Spanish Civil War (1): 1936-1939
Alfonsist-Monarchist Faction:
^^^ --- Kingdom of Spain - Bourbon Restoration Period (1874-1939) - Flag of the Kingdom of Spain under Alfonso XIII, supported by Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Vatican.
^^^ --- Preservación Española (Spanish Preservation) - Flag of the PE far-right political party and later paramilitary group, advocating for protection of the Alfonsist Monachy
Nationalist Faction:
^^^ --- Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive) - Flag of the FE de los JONS far-right political party and later the primary nationalist faction of the civil war, supported by France, Britain, Russia, Mexico and the Confederate States of America.
Carlist-Monarchist Faction:
^^^ --- Comunion Tradicionalista, Requeté, or the Carlist Movement - Flag of the Carlists.
Socialist-Marxist-Leninist-Lincolnist Faction:
^^^ --- Frente Popular (Popular Front) - Flag of the combined Socialist factions fighting in Spain.
^^^ --- República Socialista Española (Spanish Socialist Reublic) - Flag of the socialist movement that sought to make Spain a "red" republic.
Alfonsist-Monarchist Faction:
^^^ --- Kingdom of Spain - Bourbon Restoration Period (1874-1939) - Flag of the Kingdom of Spain under Alfonso XIII, supported by Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Vatican.
^^^ --- Preservación Española (Spanish Preservation) - Flag of the PE far-right political party and later paramilitary group, advocating for protection of the Alfonsist Monachy
Nationalist Faction:
^^^ --- Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive) - Flag of the FE de los JONS far-right political party and later the primary nationalist faction of the civil war, supported by France, Britain, Russia, Mexico and the Confederate States of America.
Carlist-Monarchist Faction:
^^^ --- Comunion Tradicionalista, Requeté, or the Carlist Movement - Flag of the Carlists.
Socialist-Marxist-Leninist-Lincolnist Faction:
^^^ --- Frente Popular (Popular Front) - Flag of the combined Socialist factions fighting in Spain.
^^^ --- República Socialista Española (Spanish Socialist Reublic) - Flag of the socialist movement that sought to make Spain a "red" republic.
American author Harper Lee ( pictured with longtime friend and husband of convenience Truman Capote at a Confederate Reporters Association awards ceremony) . Her semi autobiographical book To Kill a Mockingbird was partially based on her experience as a child growing up in Alabama. Her father , whom Atticus was based on , did in fact do his damnedest to defend a black man accused of a crime in Freedomite Alabama. She would become a war reporter during the SGW , along with her childhood friend Truman Capote. Do to Capotes " preferences" he came under suspicion by the Freedomite but they would enter into a lavender marriage . They would both survive the war and become two of the great American Novelists post war. TKAM & Capotes In Coldest Blood ( about the wartime serial killer in New Orleans ) would become some of the highest selling books ever
Congrats the Spanish civil war is even more of a cluster f*ck than in this timeline lol. Good jobFlags and Symbols of the Factions of the Spanish Civil War (1): 1936-1939
Alfonsist-Monarchist Faction:
^^^ --- Kingdom of Spain - Bourbon Restoration Period (1874-1939) - Flag of the Kingdom of Spain under Alfonso XIII, supported by Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Vatican.
^^^ --- Preservación Española (Spanish Preservation) - Flag of the PE far-right political party and later paramilitary group, advocating for protection of the Alfonsist Monachy
Nationalist Faction:
^^^ --- Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive) - Flag of the FE de los JONS far-right political party and later the primary nationalist faction of the civil war, supported by France, Britain, Russia, Mexico and the Confederate States of America.
Carlist-Monarchist Faction:
^^^ --- Comunion Tradicionalista, Requeté, or the Carlist Movement - Flag of the Carlists.
Socialist-Marxist-Leninist-Lincolnist Faction:
^^^ --- Frente Popular (Popular Front) - Flag of the combined Socialist factions fighting in Spain.
^^^ --- República Socialista Española (Spanish Socialist Reublic) - Flag of the socialist movement that sought to make Spain a "red" republic.
USS Enterprise (CV-5) underway in the North Atlantic, circa Autumn of 1943 prior to the Battle of Rockall Bank. The second member of the Bonhomme Richard class, the USS Enterprise aka the Big E was the second most decorated warship of the USN during the SGW after the dreadnought USS Dakota. She would be involved in many notable engagements during the war in the North Atlantic such as the Hunt for the Confederate Battlecruiser CSS Jefferson Davis in February of 1942, the Greenland Campaign, and the raids on British occupied Iceland and the Faroe Islands from May to December of 1942, the Second Battle of Bermuda, the Raid on Scapa Flow, Battle of Rockall Bank, and finally operating in European Waters in the last months of the war. After the war, a successful campaign by her former commanding officer, Admiral William Halsey, would see her converted into a museum ship in New York City where she remains to this day as of the summer of 2021. The Royal Navy would also give the Enterprise the fitting nickname of the "Grey Ghost of the Atlantic" as a reference to the three different times that they thought they had sunk her, only to discover that she was still afloat in another engagement.