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  1. AHC: Alfonso X of Castile elected Holy Roman Emperor

    If his heir dies in 1275 as IOTL, the nobility would have a field day with a distant king. His son Sancho would use this to reinforce his position as his heir and, while having a shaking dominion over Castille, Alfonso's grip over the Empire could be even weaker. So, to sum up, he had bitten...

  2. The Star-Spangled Expanded Universe of "What Madness Is This?"

    A German Star: Erik Fritz (5) After playing Robin Hood Fritz began to consider that his time with UFA was living in borrowed time. Even if his last film was one of the greatest successes of the German cinema of the first half of the 20th Century, Fritz was beginning to feel tired of playing the...

  3. After the forest of Foixà: a new beginning for the House of Barcelona
    Threadmarks: Chapter 38: The Sea Dogs (1586-1592)

    Chapter 38: The Sea Dogs (1586-1592) The fleet suffered several storms in the Bay of Biscay along the Galicia coast, which damaged five ships. Waiting for them there were 24 warships and 44 armed merchants under the command of Álvaro de Bazán. However, in the huge English fleet there were only...

  4. The Star-Spangled Expanded Universe of "What Madness Is This?"

    A German Star: Erik Fritz (4) Somehow dissapointed by the cold reception of his role as the bad guy in Im Schatten der Krone, Fritz returned to his more "classical" perfomances with Robin Hood – König der Vagabunden (1938). The film was directed by Josef von Sternberg, whose strong personality...

  5. The Skin of Sepharad: a Spanish nightmare.
    Threadmarks: Storming Vic (August 17-30, 1977)

    Storming Vic (August 17-30, 1977) After the failed operation Blue, Torres Rojas was resigned to met his unglorious end while his officers were determined to resist until the bitter end. "Remember Baler!" was the rallying cry. Baler was a living memory in the Spanish army which brough back...

  6. The Star-Spangled Expanded Universe of "What Madness Is This?"

    A German Star: Erik Fritz (3) Suddenly, UFA found itself with international success and the German government with a wonderful opportunity to have some propaganda abroad. Thus, UFA became the darling of Berlin and public funding fueled some of his projects. One of those was Fritz's next film...

  7. After the forest of Foixà: a new beginning for the House of Barcelona
    Threadmarks: Chapter 37: The Anglo-Hispanic War (1583-1586)

    Chapter 37: The Anglo-Hispanic War (1583-1586) The expected English intervention caused little fuss as de Cisneros and Eduardo II had, of course, already planned for such an eventuality. More important than all his militarisation, was the reform of the navy, as the first months of the war were...

  8. The Star-Spangled Expanded Universe of "What Madness Is This?"

    A German Star: Erik Fritz (2) Suddenly, Erik Fritz became a star in the Republic of Germania. In the aftermath of the Austro-Ruthenian War, the fall of the House of Habsburg and the rise of the New Holy Roman Empire, the heroic pirate played by Fritz provided many with an excuse to evade the...

  9. WI; Jack the Ripper caught, and is a woman?

    If Jackie the Ripper was caught and proved to be from an upper class environment I'm sure that the left wingers would thank Marx for this lucky strike.

  10. The Star-Spangled Expanded Universe of "What Madness Is This?"

    A German Star: Erik Fritz (1) Erik Fritz (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1987) was a German actor, novelist and screenwriter. He is best-known for starring in such films as Der Angriff der Leichten Brigade (1936), Im Schatten der Krone (1937), Robin Hood – König der Vagabunden (1938), Aufstand in...

  11. Photos of the Kaiserreich

    An Pfalz D.XII used as a light vehicle in the Easter Front.. After a few attempts, the German Imperial Army banned any kind of converting delericted planes as they were more dangerous for the German soldiers than to the enemy.

  12. Photos of the Kaiserreich

    British-funded guerrilleros roamed Andalucia in the weeks prior to the Allied landing.

  13. The Skin of Sepharad: a Spanish nightmare.
    Threadmarks: Operation Blue (August 15-17, 1977)

    Operation Blue (August 15-17, 1977) The Catalan tank crews were ready and waiting. Trained to high standards in long range gunnery, they concentrated their fire on the gaps that the Spanish had made in the minefields and paid particular attention to the engineering equipment with accurate fire...

  14. Photos of the Kaiserreich

    While leading the 1st Marines in the Guadalajara front, Errol Flynn was killed by a stray bullet after he took a whole field battery by himself.

  15. After the forest of Foixà: a new beginning for the House of Barcelona

    Long Live Iberia! Down with Iberia! 😂

  16. After the forest of Foixà: a new beginning for the House of Barcelona
    Threadmarks: Chapter 36: The road to war (1581-1583)

    Chapter 36: The road to war (1581-1583) Towards the end of the 16th Century, many thought that the sins of England had brought God's ire upon them. It is claimed that King Edward VI of England and II of Scotland was one of the laziest English rulers in history, even if he was a good-natured...

  17. The Skin of Sepharad: a Spanish nightmare.
    Threadmarks: Operation Blue (July 30- August 15, 1977)

    Operation Blue (July 30- August 15, 1977) To the south of Centelles the Catalan forces had built a series of defences which were very heavy around the C-17 road to Vic. It was the "Purple Line"; they were divided into three lines and were made by anti-tank ditches and minefields reinforced by a...

  18. The Popular Will: Reformism, Radicalism, Republicanism & Unionism in Britain 1815-1960

    Let's hope that the Army does not think they are the solution for any trouble...

  19. La Guillotine Permanente: A French Revolutionary Timeline

    So, the popular mood is against the Thermidorian for what they deem as 'royalist sympathies" but, at the same time, they aren't to keen for Robespierre.

  20. After the forest of Foixà: a new beginning for the House of Barcelona

    Thank you!
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