I honestly enjoyed it. On a side note there definitely seems to be more races - I saw centaur cops at least twice and there's a mention of an army of 8 races fighting the Dark One - with the Orcs on his side.
A long long long time ago when I was first getting started on this board I typed this up as a hypothetical idea of how to get more QE's in the RN both during and after WW1... Seems relevant. :p
Excellent timeline and the breakdown of the RN was helpful! Are all the other nations militaries still at their OTL levels, or has the increased number of Royal Navy battleships and Carriers led to an increase in their navies as well?
I have to say I've walked the ground at Gettysburg, from one side of the battlefield to the other. Given the terrain, weapons technology of the time and forces involved... Pickett's Charge was doomed from the moment it threw itself forward into the face of the Union fire. There is simply no way...
After a hellish week... This has turned it into a GREAT week! I might have to cancel my date tomorrow so I have time to re-read the whole thread so I'm back up to date!
I once asked my Classical Studies teacher this question. Why they didn't relocate some of the poor of Rome to the provinces... I mean it would be tough, as they werent farmers... But with patience and effort it could have secured a number of frontiers and reduced the drain on the public purse.
Hmmmm if the Romans are starting to go to "active" war with the Ottomans, what about sending some ships to raid the coast of the Persian Gulf? Do the Ottomans have any fleet that can match the Romans Eastern ships?
Hmmm could the Romans offer Hassan Mecca? They don't need to ship every Muslim over the red sea, just him, his army/followers and a good chunk... Giving him the holy city might sell it to his followers, as yes their losing their homeland, but gaining the most holy city in Islam.
The ones that...
Been reading this timeline for a fair while, absolutely love it. Just wondering if the Romans might offer to move the muslim population or at least a good chunk of it? Either to Libya or Arabia? They've already reduced Cairo's population to refugees afterall, and the Roman Empire has a long...
One big issue that Austria-Hungary faced was that it's officer corp tended to be at least bi-lingual. Often with a tertiary language. So Hungarian, Austrian and basic Polish, or any various configuration.
When the officer corp was decimated in the early stages of the war, they never replaced...
Not sure if they actually fought on the muslims side, but the book definatly mentioned them supplying them with arms and equipment. Think just before the muslim invasion the Emperor had done one of those "convert or die" declerations. So you can understand a level of hatred.
On top of that...
I cant find the book but I'm pretty sure that in a history of the campaign in syria that led up to the battle of Yarmuk, the one that lost the Romans syria in the first place, that I read, several jewish tribes sided with the muslim invaders. Okay thats now almost 900 years ago in this timeline...