Photos from Featherston's Confederacy/ TL-191

In honor of St. Patrick's Day.

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Picture of the Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, 1914. The phrase: "We serve neither King nor Kaiser, but Ireland" would be used by Irish isolationists in the interwar period, during the Second Great War, at least before the 1941 British invasion of Ireland, and after the Second Great War.

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O'Connell Street, Dublin, after the Easter Rising. The Easter Rising was crushed in 1916, but it would be the spark that would lead to the Greater Irish rebellion.


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Picture of pro-British rebels in Northern Ireland during the 1924 Irish rebellion.


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Picture of Irish forces in the defense of Cork during the 1941 British invasion of Ireland.

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Aftermath of the defense of Cork, late 1941.

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Picture of anti-British resistance in Ireland, 1943.

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Picture of British collaborators, Belfast, April 1942.

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Picture of Lisburn following its capture in mid-June 1941.

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Picture of British troops withdrawing from Ireland in 1945, shortly after the singing of the 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties.

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Picture of the Irish President inspecting troops outside Belfast City Hall on the day Northern Ireland's parliament first met. The 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties restored Ireland's independence; however, Northern Ireland was given autonomous status to stop future uprisings.
 
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In honor of St. Patrick's Day.

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Picture of the Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, 1914. The phrase: "We serve neither King nor Kaiser, but Ireland" would be used by Irish isolationists in the interwar period, during the Second Great War, at least before the 1941 British invasion of Ireland, and after the Second Great War.

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O'Connell Street, Dublin, after the Easter Rising. The Easter Rising was crushed in 1916, but it would be the spark that would lead to the Greater Irish rebellion.


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Picture of pro-British rebels in Northern Ireland during the 1924 Irish rebellion.


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Picture of Irish forces in the defense of Cork during the 1941 British invasion of Ireland.

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Aftermath of the defense of Cork, late 1941.

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Picture of anti-British resistance in Ireland, 1943.

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Picture of British collaborators, Belfast, April 1942.

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Picture of Lisburn following its capture in mid-June 1941.

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Picture of British troops withdrawing from Ireland in 1945, shortly after the singing of the 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties.

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Picture of the Irish President inspecting troops outside Belfast City Hall on the day Northern Ireland's parliament first met. The 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties restored Ireland's independence; however, Northern Ireland was given autonomous status to stop future uprisings.
The Easter Rising was actually successful ITTL, IIRC, based on the implied fact that the British army stationed in Ireland leaving for Canada. (May have been some other user who actually said that, but sounds very plausible.) Also, the Protestant Loyalists were defeated and all left after the ATL Irish Civil War in 1922, so there would be hardly any of them left by 1945.
 
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The Easter Rising was actually successful ITTL, IIRC, based on the implied fact that the British army stationed in Ireland leaving for Canada. (May have been some other user who actually said that, but sounds very plausible.)
Ok, that's fair. I don't remember if the books said anything about the Easter Rising, but yeah, the Easter Rising being successful makes sense.

Also, the Protestant Loyalists were defeated and all left after the ATL Irish Civil War in 1922, so there would be hardly any of them left by 1945.
Didn't Britain invade Ireland in the 2GW through Ulster?
 
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Picture of the Irish President inspecting troops outside Belfast City Hall on the day Northern Ireland's parliament first met. The 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties restored Ireland's independence; however, Northern Ireland was given autonomous status to stop future uprisings.
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Picture of the 1946 Anglo-Irish peace treaty.

After Ireland gained independence in the Great War, the Ulster region, the population being mostly Protestant and pro-British, rebelled against the new Republic of Ireland. Famously in 1924, the United States and Germany helped Ireland crush an uprising in Ulster. Following the crushing of the rebellion, many Protestants fled to the United Kingdom. While the Irish government tried a unification policy between the Catholics and Protestants, tensions were high in the interwar period.
Because of its proximity and the population still being pro-British, the United Kingdom invaded Ireland through Ulster. With the creation of the Dominion of Ireland in late 1941, many Protestants who fled moved back home. The Dominion of Ireland was dissolved following the end of the Second Great War and the signing of the 1945 Berlin Peace Treaties, which restored Ireland's independence. However, the Protestants resisted, sometimes turning violent. The Horace Wilson Government had stated that "the people of Northern Ireland deserve a government that has their interests in mind." After Wilson was voted out in a landslide in the 1945 British General Election, Clement Attlee met with the Irish government to sign a peace treaty in Dublin.
The 1946 Anglo-Irish peace treaty stated that a referendum would be held in Ulster if they wished to rejoin the UK or stay in Ireland, albeit under an autonomous status. In the Spring of 1946, the referendum was held. Ulster narrowly voted to remain in Ireland. On St. Patrick's Day, 1947, the autonomous Republic of Northern Ireland was established. However, Ulster is still a hotbed for violence and terrorism; the most infamous was from the late 1960s to 1998.
 
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Ceremony on the National Day of Commemoration (July 11), 2022. July 11 was chosen as it was the day when the Irish resistance liberated Dublin in the Second Great War.
 
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Picture of Charles De Gaulle on the declaration of the French Fifth Republic.

In May 1958, France faced a political crisis due to a revolt in Algeria. Taking advantage of the dissatisfaction among the French public, the Second Great War general: Charles De Gaulle, who lived in exile in Italy, staged a coup against the French government. On May 29th, De Gaulle declared the creation of the French Fifth Republic. Some feared that De Gaulle would become a dictator similar to both Napoleon and Action Française as he promised France to "become free and independent from foreign powers [Germany]" and to "retake our position on the global stage." Similarly, Britain, under the government of Harold Macmillan (elected in 1959), announced that they would be leaving the western bloc in the Bitter Cold. De Gaulle's coup would be a source of inspiration for Russian Republicans in the 1960s. However, France announced that it'll be neutral in the Bitter Cold and that the fate of the colonies would be decided in a "quick fashion." To the relief of many, De Gaulle didn't turn France into a dictatorship, and by the late 1960s, France's former colonies became fully independent.
When the US left the central powers in 1993 (more information: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...federacy-tl-191.185493/page-295#post-24008375), France was one of the first countries to join the US bloc (a term coined by historians). Britain and Russia followed suit. It would not be until 2009 that relations between Germany and France were normalized.
 
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Norbert Hofer, Leader of the Austrian Freedom Party [1] and Minister-President of Cisleithania (Austrian-half of Austria-Hungary) since 2019.

The Austrian Freedom Party promised not to turn Austria into a dictatorship. However, when people protested the War in Transylvania (https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...federacy-tl-191.185493/page-295#post-24008201), they put in authoritarian measures to stop the protests [2].

References
1. The Austrian Freedom Party is not a neo-Freedomite Party but rather a national-conservative and right-wing populist party in Austria. It is based on the one in otl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_Austria).

2. Similar to the Russian government crushing protests against the war in Ukraine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_anti-war_protests_in_Russia).
 
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Picture of the Alsace–Lorraine Unrest, March 2021.

In March 2021, unrest occurred in Alsace–Lorraine due to the region's social problems and protests against the government of Alice Weidel & Tino Chrupalla. With the protests occurring during an election year in Germany, the German government has considered giving the region autonomy. Observers cited this event and Caracas's fall to radical Mormons (https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...federacy-tl-191.185493/page-282#post-23945238) and the mishandling of the covid-19 pandemic as the reasons why Weidel and Chrupalla lost the 2021 German election.
 
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Is this Lukashenko as much of a despot as his OTL counterpart?
He did try running for a third term but decided not to because of rumors of Germany starting a coup on him. However, he had said he'd run again but never acted upon them until 2020, to which he lost in a landslide. His rule wasn't as brutal as in otl, but his administration was corrupt. Unfortunately, the public didn't know how corrupt it was until after 2006, which was why he lost in 2020.
 
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Picture made by American activists urging Americans to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Philadelphia.

The story of the boycott of the 1980 Olympics starts in Venezuela. In April of 1978, a coup occurred in Venezuela, which created a pro-Socialist American dictatorship. By Christmas Eve, 1979, various rebel groups, many members were Native Americans, rebelled against the new government and were out of the government's control. In a controversial move made by Joshua Blackford, who was term-limited, the United States intervened in the conflict. Atrocities were committed by the United States; it is estimated that over 850,000–2,000,000 Venezuelan civilians were killed. The Japanese Empire, which faced similar rebellions in its overseas territories, denounced the invasion. While its Empire was falling apart, the Japanese sent thousands of dollars to the Venezuelan resistance; Columbia also supported resistance cells.
When the Olympics were announced to be held in Philadelphia, the Japanese announced that they would boycott the games. Nations in South America and others would join in on the boycott. But, most surprisingly, self-declared nations that were created by rebels in the Japanese Empire joined in. These nations were the Vietnamese Federation, the Filipino Republic, the Republic of Mindanao, and the restored Republic of China, all arguing that what the Americans were doing in Venezuela was comparable to what the Japanese did to them.
When the 1984 Olympics were held in Tokyo, the United States announced they would boycott the games. Other nations joined in, including those created by rebels in the Japanese Empire.
The American War in Venezuela would drag on until 1989 as one of the first actions taken by Leo Enos' administration.
 
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. By Christmas Eve, 1979, various rebel groups, many members were Native Americans, rebelled against the new government and were out of the government's control. In a controversial move made by Joshua Blackford, who was term-limited, the United States intervened in the conflict. Atrocities were committed by the United States; it is estimated that over 850,000–2,000,000 Venezuelan civilians were killed. .
Horsea & Flora Blackford when they see their own son turned into this
 
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Picture of American troops leaving Venezuela in 1989.

In 1988, as one of his last acts as President of the United States, Ted Kennedy began withdrawing troops from Venezuela; however, it was in small numbers. Finally, Leo Enos announced that American troops would be withdrawn from Venezuela by the end of his first term. Enos campaigned to end the war in Venezuela when running for President in 1988.
"I'm sure you know the story of my grandfather, who my aunt never knew and whose death drove my grandmother down a dark path. My brother, mother, and I had to worry daily about losing my father in the Second Great War. I knew people who lost their husbands, sons, friends, and brothers in Venezuela. Peace is on the ballot in this election."- Leo Enos campaign ad.
In March 1989, the last American troops left Venezuela, and the pro-American government collapsed in April 1992, just months before Enos was voted out of office. Enos defended his decision to withdraw from Venezuela after the First Mormon Dominion of Venezuela was declared in 1996.
"What is currently happening in Venezuela is tragic, but American men lost their lives. This would have still happened either way."- Leo Enos in an interview with the Boston Globe.
 
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