Certainly. I think the Khoisan would be in a stronger position to oppose colonising powers, making negotiations more even, and this would likely lead to European colonisation being more staggered.
The Xhosa were on the march westwards by the 17th century, bringing with them more advanced warfare and iron weapons, without a European power to oppose them I don't see why they couldn't have conquered the Cape. In the event I expect the local Khoisan will be absorbed into the Xhosa tribes as...
The Makhnovshchina in Ukraine 1919-1921 had no official name for itself in-keeping with Anarchist ideas about the dissolution of the state. ‘Ukrainian Free Territory’ was an exonym IIRC.
IMO Ideological differences will be too great to overcome in the long term, so beyond some trading and mutual diplomatic recognition, I don’t think an alliance would be workable. Especially if the PRC promotes the radical anti-colonial foreign policy it pursued ITTL, which would no doubt spook...
Unsurprisingly, due to the major similarities (totalitarian government, violent racism, total war economies, foreign expansionism) Japanese Imperialism and European Fascism are often lumped in together. I was interested, though, in the differences between these two systems and was wondering if...
Certainly Stalinist Spain would trade with the Axis. But I’d say there’s a big difference between providing resources to the Axis and actively harbouring Axis troops. Some neutral countries allowed German troops to cross their territory it is true. Sweden, for instance, allowed the Wehrmacht to...
A homegrown fascist movement (one which isn’t merely an extension of the Italian and German foreign ministries) would I think have close links to the Anglo-Saxon East Coast elite many of whom were Anglophiles. For all that they were occasional rivals the financial, cultural, and political links...
No chance. A Stalinist Spain would follow the letter of Molotov-Ribbentrop and remain neutral. The Soviet Union didn’t actually fight the Western Allies from 1939-41 so why would Spain? Certainly a Stalinist Spain would not want German troops on its soil especially after all the Luftwaffe did to...
I could see Spain supporting France, though without contributing troops. Any liberal democratic regime in Western Europe will be a threat to the Nazis. The Axis Powers showed that they were more than willing to occupy neutral nations, though Spain is much more of a commitment than Greece or...
It’s very interesting because Stalin inarguably did more material harm to the Red Army than Hitler did to the Wehrmacht. Thousands of talented Soviet officers were murdered on trumped up charges, depriving the military of talent and causing administrative chaos. Hitler by contrast executed...
Personally I find her the most vile of the lot. Sure Unity was a nasty little monster but at least she had the excuse of not knowing where the Nazi regime was heading. Diana was denying the Holocaust on Desert Island Discs and whitewashing husband’s activities into the 1980s.
I’d expect a surviving Fascist Italy to violently resist attempts at Libya and East Africa to gain independence. Much like Portugal, but potentially more radical, you could even see poison gas and chemical weapons being used.
I objectively think John I of England would be the funniest choice just for how chaotic the result would be. Bonus points if it leaves behind an area of England with Islamic influences; Mosques on the Brecon Beacons, town names like Oxford Abbas, etc.