Agreed; unless the British Empire simply falls apart/collapses in on itself the way France did (which allowed Japan to take Indochina), Japan will have to keep looking to China for more territory. But that's not really something they're against, and as previously-mentioned, there's at least one Great Power willing to partner with Japan in cutting China up further: the Russian Empire.
I think we can safely say that whatever else comes their way, Britain won't be totally collapsing just yet.
Russian- and indeed Japanese- activities in China will be heavily influenced by the forthcoming Russian Civil War.
Really good analysis.
Your mention of Prussia reminds me of one thing, though: does a Polish minority persist in Germany proper and the Border Strip? Will the Poles who were deported be able to come back?
Why thank you!
Aah, this matter is something I've given thought to. Unfortunately, the answer is 'no'. The Junkers want the Border Strip for themselves and they've got the guns and money. As such, the Kingdom of Poland has rather a high population density (certainly higher than OTL's interwar Poland). I assume this will have adverse impacts on living conditions. Something interesting might be if down the road, the Poles seek redress for this historical grievance through protest. But that wouldn't come for decades.
I hope ttl georg friedrich prince of prussia is a bit better then the otl equivalent who is just suing historians and wanting stuff back that the ddr took from him. I hope in ttl german politics will be a bit less corrupt and that lobyism isnt such a huge problem as it is now.
I also kinda think the polish border strip is a bit large cuz it seems cities like lodz are in it and so on 😅
No DDR means that Georg Friedrich (who does exist in TTL) won't have to worry about that.
Yes, the Polish Border Strip is rather large... but then, so were the OTL plans for it. I also wanted to give something of a nod to asthetics.
"One hundred years ago today, the Russians capitulated and signed the articles of their defeat. It was our nation's greatest hour, and we have fought ferociously to defend what it meant- the heroes of this city know that all too well. May our children's children's children reflect in a hundred years that we defended the Treaty of Dresden well!"
- Kaiser Gustav I, in a speech in Konigsberg, 11 November 2016
Chapter 13's last quote is made by Kaiser Gustav I. Which means, probably, no Georg Friedrich.
Kaiser Gustav is obviously ficticious. He's a descendant of Wilhelm IV, who without OTL's Battle of France, lived a longer and happier life. He took power in 1951 after Wilhelm III's death, and if I had to guess, I'd say he would pass away in the late Eighties or early Nineties. Gustav is a TTL descendant of his.
However, Prince Louis Ferdinand still exists in TTL, living between 1907 and 1994, and Georg Friedrich still exists- though as a mere cousin of the Kaiser he's not exactly at the top of the succession queue.
Another post mentions a Kaiser Wilhelm IV, which I assume refers to OTL
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, who got removed from the line of succession in 1933 for having a morganatic marriage. Said marriage clearly would have been butterflied if he succeeded his father as King of Prussia and German Emperor.
"Their children, born in the 1940s and 1950s, would know no such confusion- they were as German as
Kaiser Wilhelm III and IV. In the year 2021, the people of Lüttich- not Liege- and Baistun- not Bastogne- speak no more French than the people of Königsberg."
In TTL, Wilhelm IV's marriage wasn't an issue. Wilhelm II disapproved in OTL for fear that it would put Germans of the Thirties off the idea of a monarchist restoration. Without restoration being an issue in TTL, Wilhelm IV was able to get his grandfather's blessing.
Indeed! As a monarchist myself, I'm glad to be able to craft a TL where wish fulfillment and realism go hand in hand.
Holy shit TR died? That's going to create anti-Mexican sentiment for many years, maybe even decades.
Indeed! Sadly, I do think anti-Mexican sentiment will be stronger in the US ITTL. You can read the story of TR's death
here, in chapter 25.