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    I don't think that the Soviets, massively overstretched as they were already could have marched into German, or really supported an isolated and weakly supported communist Hungary. In the former case Germany has a lot of WWI veterans most of who would bitterly oppose such an attack...
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    Largely this description. Well I wasn't sure hence the 'assuming' but that does suggest a lot more continuity with traditional Persian dynasties from the Achaemenid to the Sassanid. Although later rulers who identified themselves as Iranian still used the title of Shan and Farsi re-emerged...
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    I would say the odd one out here, other than a Nepalese dynasty ruling India, would be the Yakutian Horde, as its lands are overall so poor. If it was a successor to the Mongols and still dominated much of 'Russia' and/or had control of those parts of Central Asia in Ming hands then it has much...
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    Well that looks like the only big loser was Russia? The Ottomans seem to have avoided their 1st Balkan War drubbing and France has even more of Africa while Britain similar still has all of Ireland and a markedly bigger 'Indian' empire with Afghanistan, Tibet and Baluchistan included.
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    OK no problem. Sorry I just assumed they were your maps. :oops:
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    Some interesting stuff here. Don't know enough to quote on a few of them but a) With the greater Rhodesia map how come so much of the population in S Rhodesia is nearly half European? It was a lot smaller at all stages OTL - only about 5-10% IIRC - and if its been subsumed into the...
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    Ouch that would be very bloody given how much of a religious fanatic Tamerlane was during his empire. [Although with a point of departure so early your likely to butterfly Genghis let alone Tamerlane - with possibly someone totally different playing similar roles sometime in the period.] Mind...
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    I would agree with WolfBear's comments about the Ottomans, Italy and Romania especially. Its highly unlikely that the Ottomans would ally with Russia against Britain [their traditional protectors against the Russians] or Germany which was the only other realistic ally. Italy going to war with...
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    WB I think its less a question of glory than prestige and the feeling, especially after Austria's behaviour with Bosnia in 1908 and Bulgaria being alienated after the Balkan wars that Serbia was their last ally in the region and they couldn't really suffer the loss of face in deserting them...
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    Depends on the circumstances. Such factors were more important in 1914 to most powers, when faced with the tensions between the two alliances than in 1938 when the two western democracies, still deeply traumatized by WWI and thinking - or at least hoping - that Hitler might actually mean it...
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    I agree that de Gaulle was an asshole and he didn't like anyone. Ironically I wish he had stayed in power longer as joining the EEC was one of the two worst disasters for Britain in the 1970's.
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    Interesting idea. A few points/queries. a) How many people from Ireland volunteered for the army in WWI OTL as that figure seems rather low to me considering the massive commitment Britain [including both Catholic and Protestant unionists] made OTL? b) What happened in 1916? Did the...
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    That would make for a radically different SE Asia although not sure that the empire would hold that entire area. Some places like New Guinea would probably simply be too distant and uneconomically to control. Mind you if they did hold such a large region you could possibly see some settlement...
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    True Russia could possibly have deserted its only remaining ally in the Balkans when that was threatened with invasion or pretty much unconditional submission to Austrian control but that would have been politically very costly for them and [virtually] no one realised the duration and costs of...
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    Well that's a list. a) Assuming there were some interaction between the French government and the Black Hand - and I've never seen any evidence of that myself - I very much doubt that the terrorists got their information about FF's scheduled from the French government. It was a public event to...
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    Interesting but could be very bad for E Africa with heavier slave raids and devastation even earlier than OTL. :( Great Zimbabwe had been abandon for some centuries by the PoD I believe. You are assuming that the Ottomans could achieve this without prompting a western response, as their...
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    Well since the big losers seem to be Russia, the Ottomans and Switzerland that was one hell of an odd alliance! Sorry just noticed that Sweden also lost heavily and not sure of the French borders? They definitely lost out in Tunisia and Morocco compared to OTL. Plus that old favourite of a...
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    The thing is Germany OTL was an extremely militaristic and racists state that made no secret of those facts and had already made clear that their word meant nothing to them. If you have a Wiemar state that has stayed democractic and made far less claims than OTL, plus haven't clearly broken...
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    That assumes that aggressive actions were the only way of achieving those gains. Note that the sudaten state is not only smaller than the demands of Hitler OTL and it ends up as a failed state as well. Add in the chaos of the depression but with different leadership in Germany and the desire...
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    With the exception of Danzig and the connection to east Prussia all of those gains were made OTL without war. With a leadership less insane and violent than the Nazis they should still be possible in TTL. Without the betrayal of the annexation of the rump Czech state and a still democratic and...
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