Recent content by Kerblo

So basically you think this is totally crazy: A military leader with an un-opposable force that he had the loyalty of and was made up of people with no political voice and no wealth and really nothing to lose was in no way a threat to a government that had a recent history of political unrest...

1. Loving one's country is much different from loving one's government. Remember, this was an era when lots of people were overthrowing their own governments in the name of patriotism. 2. How long would it take the other fleets to return home to fight Nelson? Several months at least and they...

I'm not claiming that if he didn't die he would have tried to take over England. I'm just stating two facts that Parliament knew at that time: 1. Nelson was in a position to blackmail his country using the fleet and celebrity status at home. 2. A man of Nelson's talent was no longer...

A coup in a traditional sense isn't possible but he had the power to cripple trade in England. For an island overly reliant on oversea supplies this would be devastating. He probably couldn't declare himself dictator but could demand that he given special privilege and wealth. To get the men...

I've always suspected that Nelson was murdered by his own government. He was in charge of the most powerful navy in the world and his men had no political voice or wealth. Nelson had the power to convince his men to return home hostile to England in exchange for political reform that gave them...

What about Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia? Would they be formed?

Would Poland be formed still?

Are you suggesting filling the Lake Eyre Basin with ocean water?

Could the Bosphorus Straight be dammed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosphorus

Something tells me that Atlantropa would be something the Peoples Republic of China would have done in the 1960s.

It seems that you couldn't use the Suez canal any more. At least by areas not bordering the Mediterranean.

What is the requirements for Custer to "win"? Does he have to defeat the natives or can he just be able to withdraw his men from the hopeless battle in one piece?

From what I've read about him, he wasn't that bad a guy, he just said a lot of stupid things when he should have kept his mouth shut. That's one of the reasons they stuck him on an island in the middle of nowhere during most of the war. I imagine if he was king, he'd probably say some...

Towards the end of the war the CSA government began encouraging the farming of opium. Not for recreational use but for the manufacturing of morphine, laudanum and other medicine for the war effort. However, few farmers grew it and very little was produced. If after the war the CSA began...

From what I've read about the Russo-Japanese War, France helped Russia out immensely. They allowed the Russian Baltic Fleet to stop and refuel in Madagascar and Vietnam. This might not seem like much but it was in fact an act of war. France was willing to risk it though in order to solidify an...