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German soldiers guarding Allied POW's in Covin, Belgium; circa April, 1944.
This would mark the furthest west the Germany Army would advance during the war. Although plans were made to invade Northern France, these were put on hold once the decision was made to superbomb Paris. Even so, the German Government publicly announced that operations to "liberate" Belgium from Anglo-French forces were essentially complete.
This would mark the furthest west the Germany Army would advance during the war. Although plans were made to invade Northern France, these were put on hold once the decision was made to superbomb Paris. Even so, the German Government publicly announced that operations to "liberate" Belgium from Anglo-French forces were essentially complete.
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Plausible if the time split was created by a single change in Oswald's life and only occurred once he was an adult. It could perhaps be cited as an example of the s-f meme of history restoring itself through some hypothetical force.
Picture of the 2014 bombing of Belgrade.
Serbia has been under Austro-Hungarian occupation since the Great War. However, Austria-Hungary had been paying attention to the events of the European Spring in German-dominated Europe and began withdrawing troops from Serbia. The withdrawal was completed in 1992, following the start of a rebellion in Bosnia. Serbia was made an autonomous province of Austria-Hungary in early 1992; however, ethnic tensions were still high. In 2014, a referendum was held in Serbia if it wished to become independent from Austria. The results were heavily disputed, remain with Austria having 50% of the vote, while independence won 49% of the vote. Riots had broken out in Serbia following the referendum, and on July 28, 2014, the 100th anniversary of the Great War, Serbia declared independence from Austria. The newly formed republic of Serbia was destroyed in just 24 hours as Austrian forces recaptured the province and announced that the region will be under a "special military operation" until "law and order" are restored. This would be the start of the Serbian conflict (2014-present).
A photograph of Unity Valkyrie Mitford, who was the head of the British Silvershirts's Women's Section, posing for a party publication of the party, C. 1938.
Born in 1914 in London, Unity and her sister Diana would join the British Silver Shirts party in the early 1930s as the party gained power, later on, the two would personally meet with Oswald Mosley in a rally near Birmingham, and after some subsequent meetings, would become close acquaintances. Which later on, Diana would get married to Mosley, while her sister, Unity, would net herself a senior position within the Party, becoming the head of the Women's Wing of the Party. In 1941, Unity Valkyrie would marry an officer of the Silver Shirts' Paramilitary (known of the Legion of St. George) named Thomas Ulver (who later was killed fighting in the Rhineland in 1943.) Following the end of the war, Unity Valkyrie Ulver would emigrate to New Zealand where she subsequently become an infamous Neo-Silvershirtist Actionist and regularly attended various Neo-Actionist meetings and rallies across the world until her death in 1991. Her funeral in Britain would be attended by numerous Neo-Actionists and Neo-Freedomites from across the world, which her service also doubled as their rally and her grave today acts as a local Neo-Silver Shirtist Shrine.
Makes for an interesting parallel. Telling how she was never hunted down and brought to trial despite being close the inner circle.
A photograph of Unity Valkyrie Mitford, who was the head of the British Silvershirts's Women's Section, posing for a party publication of the party, C. 1938.
Born in 1914 in London, Unity and her sister Diana would join the British Silver Shirts party in the early 1930s as the party gained power, later on, the two would personally meet with Oswald Mosley in a rally near Birmingham, and after some subsequent meetings, would become close acquaintances. Which later on, Diana would get married to Mosley, while her sister, Unity, would net herself a senior position within the Party, becoming the head of the Women's Wing of the Party. In 1941, Unity Valkyrie would marry an officer of the Silver Shirts' Paramilitary (known of the Legion of St. George) named Thomas Ulver (who later was killed fighting in the Rhineland in 1943.) Following the end of the war, Unity Valkyrie Ulver would emigrate to New Zealand where she subsequently become an infamous Neo-Silvershirtist Actionist and regularly attended various Neo-Actionist meetings and rallies across the world until her death in 1991. Her funeral in Britain would be attended by numerous Neo-Actionists and Neo-Freedomites from across the world, which her service also doubled as their rally and her grave today acts as a local Neo-Silver Shirtist Shrine.
Babe, wake up; new lore for these posts just dropped.
Picture of a voting poll for the 2023 Transylvanian referendum.
In mid-September 2023, the governments of Romania and Transylvania agreed to hold a referendum to decide if Transylvania should rejoin Romania. The agreement also stated that if Transylvania rejoined Romania, ethnic Hungarians in the region would be protected and have autonomy. On September 30, 2023, the referendum was held; territories under Austro-Hungarian control had no referendum. In a landslide, Transylvania voted to rejoin Romania. After the referendum was held, Transylvania announced that it would rejoin Romania on January 1, 2024; Romania then declared war on Austria-Hungary. Norbert Hofer, the Minister-President of Cisleithania (the Austrian half of the Empire), and Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of the Hungarian half of the Empire, angrily denounced the election. However, Emperor Karl II, the Emperor since 2011, made a speech calling to end the fighting not just in Transylvania but across the entire Empire.
Emperor Karl shortly after his address to the public on October 1, 2023.
This shocked the Empire and the World, as the Emperor rarely addressed the conflicts in his Empire since the start of the Serbian Conflict in 2014. With Orban and Hofer promising "total victory against those who dare destroy our Empire" and some generals saying they will not back down no matter what happens, some fear that a coup against the Emperor is soon underway.
Picture of a voting poll for the 2023 Transylvanian referendum.
In mid-September 2023, the governments of Romania and Transylvania agreed to hold a referendum to decide if Transylvania should rejoin Romania. The agreement also stated that if Transylvania rejoined Romania, ethnic Hungarians in the region would be protected and have autonomy. On September 30, 2023, the referendum was held; territories under Austro-Hungarian control had no referendum. In a landslide, Transylvania voted to rejoin Romania. After the referendum was held, Transylvania announced that it would rejoin Romania on January 1, 2024; Romania then declared war on Austria-Hungary. Norbert Hofer, the Minister-President of Cisleithania (the Austrian half of the Empire), and Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of the Hungarian half of the Empire, angrily denounced the election. However, Emperor Karl II, the Emperor since 2011, made a speech calling to end the fighting not just in Transylvania but across the entire Empire.
Emperor Karl shortly after his address to the public on October 1, 2023.
This shocked the Empire and the World, as the Emperor rarely addressed the conflicts in his Empire since the start of the Serbian Conflict in 2014. With Orban and Hofer promising "total victory against those who dare destroy our Empire" and some generals saying they will not back down no matter what happens, some fear that a coup against the Emperor is soon underway.
But why would Romania declare war if they're already happy Transylvania's going to rejoin?
To ensure that Transylvania is firmly in their hands and that a ceasefire hasn't been signed.
Nice one.
A photograph of Unity Valkyrie Mitford, who was the head of the British Silvershirts's Women's Section, posing for a party publication of the party, C. 1938.
Born in 1914 in London, Unity and her sister Diana would join the British Silver Shirts party in the early 1930s as the party gained power, later on, the two would personally meet with Oswald Mosley in a rally near Birmingham, and after some subsequent meetings, would become close acquaintances. Which later on, Diana would get married to Mosley, while her sister, Unity, would net herself a senior position within the Party, becoming the head of the Women's Wing of the Party. In 1941, Unity Valkyrie would marry an officer of the Silver Shirts' Paramilitary (known of the Legion of St. George) named Thomas Ulver (who later was killed fighting in the Rhineland in 1943.) Following the end of the war, Unity Valkyrie Ulver would emigrate to New Zealand where she subsequently become an infamous Neo-Silvershirtist Actionist and regularly attended various Neo-Actionist meetings and rallies across the world until her death in 1991. Her funeral in Britain would be attended by numerous Neo-Actionists and Neo-Freedomites from across the world, which her service also doubled as their rally and her grave today acts as a local Neo-Silver Shirtist Shrine.
Troops of the U.S. 11th Army advance towards Lubbock during the Western Texas Campaign; circa March, 1943.
At the direct command of Major General Abner Dowling, the soldiers of the 11th Army went through rigorous and comprehensive training prior to the opening of the offensive. This effort was mainly to make-up for the fact that the "army" only had the numbers of a week corps. Dowling would famously state that "we may only be an army on paper, but we will NOT be a paper army!"
At the direct command of Major General Abner Dowling, the soldiers of the 11th Army went through rigorous and comprehensive training prior to the opening of the offensive. This effort was mainly to make-up for the fact that the "army" only had the numbers of a week corps. Dowling would famously state that "we may only be an army on paper, but we will NOT be a paper army!"
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The Starcie: Escalation
FZP militants with an improvised mortar near the town of Kulmsee/Chełmża in West Prussia, C. 1984.
By the mid 1970s, the eastern portions of the German Empire have been effectively turned into a warzone, with the PDL, FZP, and the German Army fighting each other in a bid to defeat the other factions and to determine the fate of this region. Likewise, the brutal guerrilla warfare had become a part of everyday life for the residents of this region. But in 1977, the bloodshed caused by the Starcie would spread outside of Eastern Germany with a car bombing.
The aftermath of a FZP car bombing in Berlin, C. 1977. On the night of July 5th, 1977, an explosion would rock the Berlin suburb of Buckow, which the victim was General Werner von Falkenhayn, who was the commander and chief of the German Army units stationed in Greater Poland. The General had earlier gained the ire of the FZP for ordering his units to detain anyone who was related to known members of the FZP, regardless of their political beliefs. This act would be the first of many bombings that would rock Germany from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, which a total of 201 bombings would be made by the FZP.
The aftermath of a bombing by the FZP in Magdeburg, C. 1984. The more common targets for FZP bombings in Germany were malls and movie theatres that were frequented by German soldiers from units stationed in Eastern Germany, other targets were estates owned by Prussian Junkers, Government buildings, and media institutions. In many cases, the businesses in and surrounding the target zones were warned beforehand, while on other occasions, there was no warning.
As the 1980s dawned and progressed, the fighting over Greater Poland would intensify, with the German Army employing new combat tactics that were specifically tailored in countering the FZP. In addition, they would also employ new weapons and equipment such as the mass issuing of body armor for their soldiers and the Mauser Sturmgewehr-78 assault rifles. Likewise, the PDL began to get more and more formidable, both in the form of their fighters receiving military training from ex-Army personnel and acquiring new weapons (notably from the Islamic Republic of Turkey following the end of the Ottoman Dissolution Wars in 1979). However, the FZP would not idle, which following a series of defeats in gun battles at the hands of their enemies, they too would acquire new heavy weapons from the illegal arms trade as well as equipping their fighters with their own body armor. However, these shiny new toys costed the FZP a lot of money, which led to them partaking in the illegal drug trade as a means to generate income which was used to purchase weapons.
A sporter version of the Sturmgewehr-78 from an American Auction House, C. 2017. The StG-78 is chambered for 6x42mm Mauser, which was developed in the 1970s in response to the American developed and made 5.56x45mm cartridge, which was lighter than the previous 7.92x33mm Kurz, which is used in both the StG-44 and StG-49 rifles. The German Army would use this model extensively from the 80s onwards in the Starcie. In addition, a few examples would find their way into the service of the PDL and the FZP.
A German soldier manning a guard post along the border with Poland, C. 1982. In the late 1970s, in attempt to stem the flow of arms for the FZP, the Germans would tighten down border security and checking everything that passes through the border checkpoints.
A German Sd. Kfz 602 Luchs armored car on patrol in the rural area of Upper Silesia, C. 1980.
An FZP militant with a Russian made RPG-7 rocket launcher, which was acquired courtesy of the black market, C. 1986. In response to the German Army's deployment of heavy weapons, the FZP in the early 80s would acquire weapons to effectively counter them, like the RPG series.
FZP militants with an improvised mortar near the town of Kulmsee/Chełmża in West Prussia, C. 1984.
By the mid 1970s, the eastern portions of the German Empire have been effectively turned into a warzone, with the PDL, FZP, and the German Army fighting each other in a bid to defeat the other factions and to determine the fate of this region. Likewise, the brutal guerrilla warfare had become a part of everyday life for the residents of this region. But in 1977, the bloodshed caused by the Starcie would spread outside of Eastern Germany with a car bombing.
The aftermath of a FZP car bombing in Berlin, C. 1977. On the night of July 5th, 1977, an explosion would rock the Berlin suburb of Buckow, which the victim was General Werner von Falkenhayn, who was the commander and chief of the German Army units stationed in Greater Poland. The General had earlier gained the ire of the FZP for ordering his units to detain anyone who was related to known members of the FZP, regardless of their political beliefs. This act would be the first of many bombings that would rock Germany from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, which a total of 201 bombings would be made by the FZP.
The aftermath of a bombing by the FZP in Magdeburg, C. 1984. The more common targets for FZP bombings in Germany were malls and movie theatres that were frequented by German soldiers from units stationed in Eastern Germany, other targets were estates owned by Prussian Junkers, Government buildings, and media institutions. In many cases, the businesses in and surrounding the target zones were warned beforehand, while on other occasions, there was no warning.
As the 1980s dawned and progressed, the fighting over Greater Poland would intensify, with the German Army employing new combat tactics that were specifically tailored in countering the FZP. In addition, they would also employ new weapons and equipment such as the mass issuing of body armor for their soldiers and the Mauser Sturmgewehr-78 assault rifles. Likewise, the PDL began to get more and more formidable, both in the form of their fighters receiving military training from ex-Army personnel and acquiring new weapons (notably from the Islamic Republic of Turkey following the end of the Ottoman Dissolution Wars in 1979). However, the FZP would not idle, which following a series of defeats in gun battles at the hands of their enemies, they too would acquire new heavy weapons from the illegal arms trade as well as equipping their fighters with their own body armor. However, these shiny new toys costed the FZP a lot of money, which led to them partaking in the illegal drug trade as a means to generate income which was used to purchase weapons.
A sporter version of the Sturmgewehr-78 from an American Auction House, C. 2017. The StG-78 is chambered for 6x42mm Mauser, which was developed in the 1970s in response to the American developed and made 5.56x45mm cartridge, which was lighter than the previous 7.92x33mm Kurz, which is used in both the StG-44 and StG-49 rifles. The German Army would use this model extensively from the 80s onwards in the Starcie. In addition, a few examples would find their way into the service of the PDL and the FZP.
A German soldier manning a guard post along the border with Poland, C. 1982. In the late 1970s, in attempt to stem the flow of arms for the FZP, the Germans would tighten down border security and checking everything that passes through the border checkpoints.
A German Sd. Kfz 602 Luchs armored car on patrol in the rural area of Upper Silesia, C. 1980.
An FZP militant with a Russian made RPG-7 rocket launcher, which was acquired courtesy of the black market, C. 1986. In response to the German Army's deployment of heavy weapons, the FZP in the early 80s would acquire weapons to effectively counter them, like the RPG series.
Acts of FZP Terrorism Outside Greater Poland (1970s Onward)
German police investigation of a car bombing outside Munich circa 1977.
The victim had been a young German paratrooper officer who had partaken in so-called ”Murderous Monday Massacre” wherein on April 7, 1975 a unit of Fallschirmjäger or paratroopers, enforcing a ban on a planned civil rights march at the time, opened fired on a crowd of Solidarność civil rights protestors killing 23 people including a 12 boy. The incident led to widespread outrage particular in the Kingdom of Poland where the German Embassy in Warsaw was set alight in front of crowd of many thousands with even the aging Polish monarch Karl Albrecht of Hapsburg-Lorraine (King Stanisław III to his subjects) at the head of the crowd united with his subjects in rage.
German police investigation of a car bombing outside Munich circa 1977.
Aftermath of the bombing of the German embassy in Stockholm, Sweden circa 1980 which was the climax of the “Stockholm Embassy Siege” in which FZP militants took control of the embassy in August of that year and for 5 days held the entire embassy staff, and anyone else inside the building at the time, hostage and secretly planted bombs. When the Swedish police stormed the embassy after a breakdown in negotiations, where the main sticking point was an end to internment as well as the complete and unconditional withdrawal of all German military personnel from Greater Poland, the FZP set off the bombs which killed not only the police but the hostages and all but 5 of the 60 terrorists as well.
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Rare Photo of soldiers part of the the Nine Nations Alliance (Excluding CSA, and Russia) during the Boxer Rebellion.
left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.
A moment of history forgotten in time, The European, and North American powers allied with each other against the Boxers and eventually the Qing in China. It is regarded as the only time in History where soldiers of the CSA, and USA fought side by side, even though both sides sent a token armed force to support their European Allies in China.
The Boxer Rebellion lasted from 1899 to 1901 with the Allied victory with the singing of the Boxer Protocol, effectively giving the empires control over Qing China. Japan regarded as the nearest dominant force was given control over various areas of China, despite Russia's protest.
Yes, I like this and I'm considering this canon.
Rare Photo of soldiers part of the the Nine Nations Alliance (Excluding CSA, and Russia) during the Boxer Rebellion.
left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.
A moment of history forgotten in time, The European, and North American powers allied with each other against the Boxers and eventually the Qing in China. It is regarded as the only time in History where soldiers of the CSA, and USA fought side by side, even though both sides sent a token armed force to support their European Allies in China.
The Boxer Rebellion lasted from 1899 to 1901 with the Allied victory with the singing of the Boxer Protocol, effectively giving the empires control over Qing China. Japan regarded as the nearest dominant force was given control over various areas of China, despite Russia's protest.
Well done!Acts of FZP Terrorism Outside Greater Poland (1970s Onward)The victim had been a young German paratrooper officer who had partaken in so-called ”Murderous Monday Massacre” wherein on April 7, 1975 a unit of Fallschirmjäger or paratroopers, enforced a ban on civil rights marches at the time, opened fired on a crowd of Solidarność civil rights protestors killing 23 people including a 12 boy. The incident led to widespread outrage particular in the Kingdom of Poland where the German Embassy in Warsaw was set alight in front of crowd of many thousands with even the aging Polish monarch Karl Albrecht of Hapsburg-Lorraine (King Stanisław II to his subjects) at the head of the crowd united with his subjects in rage.
German police investigation of a car bombing outside Munich circa 1977.
Aftermath of the bombing of the German embassy in Stockholm, Sweden circa 1980 which was the climax of the “Stockholm Embassy Siege” in which FZP militants took control of the embassy in August of that year and for 3 weeks held the entire embassy staff, and anyone else inside the building at the time, hostage and secretly planted bombs. When the Swedish police stormed the embassy after a breakdown in negotiations where the main sticking point was an end to internment as well as the complete and unconditional withdrawal of all German military personnel from Greater Poland the FZP set off the bombs which killed not only the police but the hostages and all but 5 of the 60 terrorists as well.
Rare Photo of soldiers part of the the Nine Nations Alliance (Excluding CSA, and Russia) during the Boxer Rebellion.
left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.
A moment of history forgotten in time, The European, and North American powers allied with each other against the Boxers and eventually the Qing in China. It is regarded as the only time in History where soldiers of the CSA, and USA fought side by side, even though both sides sent a token armed force to support their European Allies in China.
The Boxer Rebellion lasted from 1899 to 1901 with the Allied victory with the singing of the Boxer Protocol, effectively giving the empires control over Qing China. Japan regarded as the nearest dominant force was given control over various areas of China, despite Russia's protest.
Here's a map I made of the world of Timeline-191 in 2022, after the Transylvanian Referendum of 2021 which lead to the Transylvanian Crisis and the peaceful dissolution of the Danubian Federation known as the Velvet Divorce . This is my headcanon future based on After the End with some minor changes and other additions.
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