Honestly, I don't really know. Does anybody want to speculate on what the casualties probably look like?
The Union Forever: A TL
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Honestly, I don't really know. Does anybody want to speculate on what the casualties probably look like?
In the case of Kuala Lumpur it wasn't the Compact troops that destroyed the city. Commonwealth naval gunfire did most of the damage and the fires quickly spread. It is correctly understood that the Japanese did not invade Malaya to liberate them. Furthermore, most Malayans are content with home rule as a Dominion. As such, practically no one in Malaya favors helping the Japanese.
No, all of France's Indian possessions were given to Britain following the Great War. As of 1977 France's only oversee possessions are Algeria (fully integrated into France), Eastern Sahara, and Western Sahara.
I find it difficult to sympathize with an empire losing its empire, except in concern that the new powers will be worse on the people than the old powers.
Which is why I would be concerned that the newer powers wouldn't be as good at respecting the people's rights and letting them have an equal say in government as the old powers, but I still can't feel sympathy for the empire losing its pieces. As long as the people in the old Commonwealth regions get to govern themselves, I'm glad the empire is losing them.
Seconded! Having "NZ" in the roundel is as silly as the kid on South Park who wears a shirt with a picture of himself on it.
Well, put it this way. Which countries and colonies are better off if Japan and India win?
Thinking of the situation, China has to act now. A (mostly) united Raj on one side with Japan on the other is just asking for a war in 10 years or so. They've already lost Hainan (which I imagine has lost most of its chinese population by now. What happened to those? did they immigrate to the US or the Commonwealth, or was it mostly a general diaspora?) Will they lose the area around Hong Kong and Macau to allow Japan to fortify (potential) gains?
With the majority of India's forces to the south, it might be time for them to act (along with Persia, perhaps) The only question is if they have the resources to assist in the naval battle after Japan has destroyed so many of the Commonwealth's carriers.
Thinking of the situation, China has to act now. A (mostly) united Raj on one side with Japan on the other is just asking for a war in 10 years or so. They've already lost Hainan (which I imagine has lost most of its chinese population by now. What happened to those? did they immigrate to the US or the Commonwealth, or was it mostly a general diaspora?) Will they lose the area around Hong Kong and Macau to allow Japan to fortify (potential) gains?
With the majority of India's forces to the south, it might be time for them to act (along with Persia, perhaps) The only question is if they have the resources to assist in the naval battle after Japan has destroyed so many of the Commonwealth's carriers.
Well, you should remember that in all likelihood the Japanese and Indians are that much worse. Consider that in Korea at least, efforts to destroy them as a culture began pretty much immediately after annexation, and then apply that to everywhere else they occupy. They might not necessarily be as brutal as WWII Japan, but the worst parts of OTL Japanese imperialism predate the military regime. I'm not sure there's any reason to expect them to behave differently here.
A quick question for Mac Gregor: Is that original epilogue you wrote after the Great War chapters still valid? Or has all this new stuff been retconned over it?
Which is why I added the caveat that I would still be concerned with the people living in those areas.
NZ is silly.
Kiwi would be better for New Zealand.
I agree the Kiwi looks better but butterflies have to factor in some how. Is there another Kiwi graphic we could use?
Yes, a large portion of the ethnic Chinese on Hainan have immigrated. Major destinations have been the LAR as well as Malaya, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
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