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  1. AHC: Interwar/Post-World War 2 French Monarchical Restoration

    An interesting idea, and one that does have a few potential routes that I haven't seen explored before. The obvious one would be the 6 February 1934 crisis turning into a March on Rome style situation, leading to the Far Right coming to power and restoring the monarchy, but that's kinda boring...

  2. Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements?

    Meant to respond earlier, but to take a closer look at my Alt Louis XVI TL notes. Anyway, the Parlements. Basically their reform (and this is a major thing people should remember; the Parlements were to be replaced with new courts and councils staffed by various royal officials that were outside...

  3. Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements?

    Eh, two different things. The Parlements were appellate courts with quasi legislative powers; the Parliament you're thinking of was the Estates-General. Very similar names, but different messes. Moreover, his father the Dauphin was not involved with either of those things; his grandfather Louis...

  4. WI Napoléon II: Bourbon Hostage?

    @Kellan Sullivan Sorry to say, but this is pretty ASB. Ignoring the well-known hatred the Bourbons had to Nappy and the Bonapartes, and the continuing role former Napoléonic officials played in Restauration France (there was simply too many to purge without destroying the government), I just...

  5. What if the German Empire had no colonies -> Better performance in WWI?

    Except by the time the the absolute check was sent to Vienna, it was 100% clear the Tsar would not back down. Not after the humiliation from the Bosnian crisis in 1908. If Willy actually wanted to avoid war, he would have told Vienna "yeah, no. You need to accept Serbia's acceptance of all but...

  6. What if the German Empire had no colonies -> Better performance in WWI?

    So the same time Willy and his government gave Austria-Hungary a blank check and "absolute support" in their dealings with Serbia? Do the mixed messages not seem very..... clashing to either one of you?

  7. What if the German Empire had no colonies -> Better performance in WWI?

    Which week was that? Because Kaiser Billy's opinions and plans changed depending on who he was talking to. There are existing details from a meeting in 1912 or 1913, between the Kaiser, the Chancellor, the heads of the army and navy and I believe the foreign secretary, in which he stated Germany...

  8. AHQ: How can Russia revitalize itself?

    Thanks. Its a real shame. AII's reign occupied such a pivotal point in Russian history, yet its furstraitingly difficult to find ways to make it a net positive. And I can't kill him off when young, sense that would just pass the crown to Konsantin, who'd be just as bad. That means either working...

  9. AHQ: How can Russia revitalize itself?

    Well darn. I had an idea for a competent AII TL, but couldn't come up with realistic answers either. So basically AII needed the equivalent to the "modernizing conservatives" that surrounded AIII some 25 years later, perhaps mixed with getting experts to study the industrialization in western...

  10. AHQ: How can Russia revitalize itself?

    @alexmilman Considering how AII did more overall harm then good for various reasons (primarily seems to be listening to advisors with a western European-liberal fetish), is there any realistic way to get him to move toward better policies? Like say protectionism instead of free trade, better...

  11. Louis Le Grand Dauphin or his son Louis, Duke of Burgundy as ATTL Louis XV?

    Late-ish response, but here's my 2 cents: Regarding le Grand Dauphin, its very hard to say. Traditional historiography seems to go with the idea that he was a dullard who had no ideas about how he'd reign and didn't really care (the famous "he could pass a whole day simply tapping his cane...

  12. A third French Restoration in 1873: effects on Spain?

    (appoligies for the wordy title, but couldn't figure out a shorter way to say it) So I've recently started work on a TL in which the French Monarchy is restored for a third time in 1873 (aka Chambord accepts the Tricolor) and have a hit a roadblock in how this would affect Spain. For those who...

  13. What if Franz Joseph I married his first love, Anna of Prussia? Empress Anna of Austria ATL?

    A very interesting thread. Trying to push past the debate over Sisi for a moment, I quite like the idea of Anna as Empress of Austria; she was considered quite intelligent and presided over a brilliant salon of artists and musicians. Moreover, in OTL she had three sons to Sisi's one, so using...

  14. What alternate history ideas you wish they were used more often?

    Personally, I'd like to see more TLs focused outside of Europe. Like some TLs set primarily in the middle east (ie Ottoman Empire, Abbasid Caliphate ex ex), Iran-Persia, India, China, Japan or pre-colonial Americas. The ones that exist are really good, but they're so few and far between. I...

  15. Outcome and actual chances of success of Liberalization of Germany under Friedrich III and Victoria?

    Personally, I've always got the feeling that Friedrich III's "liberalism" was overblown by later historians in light of the reign of Wilhelm II and the subsequent World wars. This is not unlike the overblown weight put on Alexander II of Russia.

  16. “Instant empires” that never were?

    I think, if Nader hadn't gotten super paranoid and blinded his only competent son Reza Qoli, then his Empire could have survived. IDK it it would have been fully established as the successors to the Safavids or not, but it would have lasted a bit longer.

  17. “Instant empires” that never were?

    Perhaps Władysław IV successfully gaining/securing the Russian throne? that would create a Polish-Lithuanian-Russian union stretching from Siberia all the way to Warsaw.

  18. Partition of the Spanish Empire in 1668 between France and Austria

    @unprincipled peter Er, I think you're getting your Britains confused. This isn't 18th century "balance of power" Britain; this is Restoration "lets divide up Holland with cousin Louis" England. Charles II and James II didn't seem to give a crap about a balance of power, and were more then happy...

  19. Partition of the Spanish Empire in 1668 between France and Austria

    Honestly a very interesting scenario to explore. I'd heard of the 1668 Treaty, but had never actually seen the proposed partition until now. I do have some thoughts on how such a scenario would unfold. 1. IDK who drew up this partition plan, but it seems like a nightmare to actually enforce. Of...

  20. Why was Britain different from Austria-Hungary?

    The biggest difference between the UK and Austria-Hungary is the lack of an "Imperial core". England, and the English people, was the UK's imperial core: English was the most widely spoken language of the state; the English region was the home of the vast majority of the nation's industry and...
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